July 31, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas in Project 39969 has adopted as final several tests to determine whether prepaid electric service sold to residential customers is less than the price charged by the Provider of Last Resort, as is required by PURA §39.107(g).
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July 23, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed an additional test to determine whether prepaid electric service sold to residential customers is less than the price charged by the Provider of Last Resort, in a draft proposal for adoption (Project 39969).
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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…
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March 15, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft Proposal for Publication to establish the criteria for determining if 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), and to…
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January 9, 2012
The PUCT has scheduled for February 16 a workshop regarding amending Commission substantive rules relating to electric Providers of Last Resort (POLR), including the calculation of the POLR rate and application of the POLR rate to prepaid service (Project 39969).
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December 22, 2011
Texas State Rep. Phil King has written a letter to the PUCT asking the Commission to consider, "how we may be able to set up a system that does not punish REPs for being prudent in purchasing electricity in advance when POLR rates drop drastically when the MCPE goes negative."
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December 7, 2011
Texas State Representative Jim Pitts has asked the PUCT to review the current rule prohibiting electric offers to prepaid residential customers in excess of the Provider of Last Resort charge, stating that this rule negatively impacts prepaid providers who hedge.
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