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May 8, 2012
Texas retail electric providers have asked the PUCT to modify a proposal to establish the criteria for determining whether prepaid electric service sold to residential customers is less than the price charged by the Provider of Last Resort, as required by the PURA §39.107(g), as REPs said that the…
April 1, 2012
Young Energy, LLC d/b/a Payless Power asked that the Public Utility Commission of Texas deny a petition for emergency rulemaking from various customers who are seeking a prohibition on the installation of advanced meters and removal of already installed meters, or, alternatively, an ability for…
April 15, 2011
The PUCT has adopted as final an amended version of Subst. R. 25.498 which, after October 1, 2011, will only allow prepaid service to be offered through a customer prepayment device or system, with the exception of legacy customers served on a financial prepaid product prior to October 1, 2011, who…
April 7, 2011
The PUCT intends to allow financial prepaid retail electric providers to continue to sign new customers through October 1, 2011, rather than the earlier effective date of amended Subst. R. 25.498 (38675).
April 4, 2011
PUCT Staff have filed an updated recommended proposal for adoption concerning prepaid service under Subst. R. 25.498 that incorporates the consensus reached by Commissioners at the most recent open meeting (38675, see 3/25 ).
March 25, 2011
Direct Energy has served roughly 10,000 prepaid customers in Texas under the current version of in Subst. R. 25.498.
March 25, 2011
Though not adopting a final rule at yesterday's open meeting, PUCT Commissioners reached consensus on several major aspects of rules regarding prepaid service under Subst. R. 25.498, including the availability of financial prepaid products after the amended rule's effective date, and the amount of…
March 16, 2011
A PUCT Staff proposal for adoption regarding prepaid service would allow REPs to continue to offer financial prepaid products to customers without advanced meters until such customers receive provisioned advanced meters (38675, 2/18 ).
February 25, 2011
PUCT Commissioners discussed pending changes to rules applicable to prepaid electric service under Subst. R. 25.498 yesterday, though Commissioners did not vote on a final order (38675).
February 18, 2011
PUCT Staff have asked that the Commission address several threshold policy issues regarding prepaid electric service at the February 24 open meeting to inform Staff's development of a formal proposal for adoption regarding revised Subst. R. 25.498 (Project 38675).
December 7, 2010
Several REPs currently offering prepaid service in ERCOT without the use of a customer prepayment device or system (defined here as advanced pay, also known as financial prepaid service) urged the PUCT to not eliminate the ability of REPs to offer prepaid service based on estimated usage for those…
October 15, 2010
Ontario Confirms New Supplier Marketing Standards The Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure confirmed as final its draft rules to implement legislation earlier this year calling for a series of new marketing and solicitation rules applicable to competitive electric and natural gas suppliers…
October 14, 2010
Young Energy LLC, which offers prepaid service without the use of a customer prepayment device or system, opposed PUCT Staff's draft proposal for publication which would eliminate the offering of prepaid service without the use of a customer prepayment device or system (Project 38675).
October 11, 2010
PUCT Staff have filed a proposal for publication in Project 38675 for new Subst. R. §25.498, governing prepaid service, under which REPs would be prohibited from offering prepaid service unless the REP uses a customer prepayment device or system (CPDS).
