Docket HB1101

November 17, 2017

Texas PUC Chair Requests Commission Consider Requiring REPs To Offer Ability To Pay >$50 Deposits In Installments For All Residential Customers

Requests That PUC Consider Requiring REPs To File Reports On Bill Assistance Programs

In a memo in advance of today's open meeting concerning the proposed elimination of certain customer protections afforded to customers who were eligible for the defunct Lite-Up Texas discount, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker has urged the Commission to consider requiring that retail electric…

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October 11, 2017

ARM Files Reply Comments Regarding Rule Changes Proposed In Light Of Elimination Of System Benefit Fund

The Alliance for Retail Markets filed reply comments in Texas PUC Project 47343: Rulemaking To Amend Chapter 25 Substantive Rules Relating To The Elimination Of The System Benefit Fund

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September 26, 2017

Texas Consumer Advocates: Connection Between Substantive Rule Low-Income Protections And SBF, "Practical, Not Statutory"; Says Elimination of Protections Contrary To Statute

Texas ROSE (Ratepayers' Organization to Save Energy) and Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC) filed comments with the Texas PUC opposing the elimination of several customer protections currently in the substantive rules for customers who were eligible for the prior Lite-Up Texas discount program…

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September 8, 2017

Sponsor Of Texas Bill Creating Voluntary Low-Income Sync List For REPs Says PUCT Authorization To Mandate REPs Fund Special Low-Income Protections Ended With SBF Termination

Texas State Rep. Chris Paddie, who sits on the State Affairs committee and sponsored SB 1976, which allows the Public Utility Commission of Texas, upon the request and funding by REPs, to develop a list of low-income electric customers, said in a letter to the PUCT that SB 1976 was not intended to…

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December 12, 2016

Texas PUC Staff File Draft Legislative Recommendations For Scope of Electric Competition Report

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed an updated draft of the electric scope of competition report, which, for the first time publicly, includes a discussion of draft recommendations that the Legislature may wish to consider.

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December 18, 2015

Texas PUC To Await Legislative Guidance on Question of Determining Customer Eligibility for Ancillary Low-Income Benefits (Late Payment Fee Waivers, Deposit Installments) In Light of SBF Expiration

Commissioners of the Public Utility Commission of Texas at yesterday's open meeting agreed to await any potential legislative action on the question of determining low-income customer eligibility for certain retail electricity customer protections (late payment fee waivers and deposit installments)…

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December 11, 2015

Texas Staff Seek PUC Guidance On Threshold Questions Regarding REPs' Obligation to Offer Ancillary Benefits To Low-Income Customers After Termination of the System Benefit Fund (Late Payment Fee Waivers, Deposit Installments); Discuss Options

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have sought guidance from the Commission regarding two threshold questions concerning the obligation of retail electric providers to provide eligible low-income customers with late payment fee waivers and deposit installments in light of the existing…

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October 20, 2015

Texas Staff File Strawman Concerning Elimination of System Benefit Fund, Retention of Benefits to REP Customers Not Dependent on SBF Funding

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a strawman proposal to conform PUC Substantive Rules to HB 1101, which requires the elimination of the System Benefit Fund (SBF) balance.

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