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December 2, 2021

Texas PUC Commissioners Affirm Guidance To Change Fixed Price Definition To Explicitly Include Ancillary Services In Price (Fixed Means Fixed)

Commissioners Prepared To Prohibit Index Products In Mass Market, Except For TOU Or Similar Offerings Commissioners Express Interest In Examining Need For REPs To Proactively Inform Customers Of Next Month's Variable Rate

Several Commissioners Favor Requiring Proactive Acknowledgement Of Risk For Permissible Index Plans

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November 30, 2021

Texas PUC Staff Seeks Commission Direction On Changes In Customer Protection Rules

--- Fixed Rate Pass-Throughs & Ancillary Services, Permissible Index Plans, POLR Price Cap

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have sought direction from the Commission on four topics related to the prior publication of proposed amendments to 16 TAC §25.43, 25.471, 25.475, 25.479, and 25.498 and new TAC §25.499, related to the retail electric market and customer protection…

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September 1, 2021

Texas Retail Provider Tells PUC It Should "Clarify" That Recent Legislation Requires Advance Monthly Notice To Customer Of Default Renewal Price

In comments to the Texas PUC in a customer protection rulemaking implementing various recent legislation, Evolve Retail Energy LLC d/b/a Octopus Energy said that the PUC should "clarify" proposed §25.475(e)(3)(A) to require a REP to provide, on a monthly basis, "clear notice of the price applicable…

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July 29, 2021

Texas PUC To Consider Whether To Ban All Index Products, And All Products With Ancillary Service Pass-Throughs, For Residential And Small Commercial Customers

Commissioner Concerned Indexed Products May Just Not Be Beneficial To Small Customers PUC Will Also Examine A Further "Safety Threshold" (Price Cap) On Proposed New POLR Rate Formula

As part of a rulemaking to implement recent legislation, the Texas PUC will consider whether to prohibit all index products, and any product with a pass-through of ancillary services, for residential and small commercial customers

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July 7, 2021

Texas REPs Oppose Changing Definition Of Fixed Rate To Include Ancillary Service Charges

Consumer Advocates Ask Texas PUC TO Ban All Index Products For Residential Customers REPs Oppose Proposal For New Signed Risk Statement For Index Products Which Aren't Tied To Wholesale Market

Consumer Advocates Seek Prohibition On Contracts Which Waive Customer Protections

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July 7, 2021

Texas REP Proposes That POLR Service Be Bid Out, PUC Would Select Best Offer

Texas stakeholders filed with the Texas PUC proposals regarding potential changes to Provider of Last Resort pricing

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March 10, 2021

Texas PUC Staff Identify Review Of Retail Market Customer Protection Rules, With Emphasis On Disclosures & Potential Protections Specific To Emergency Conditions, As Part Of Several Focus Areas To Address In Response To Weather Event

Staff of the Texas PUC in a memo to the Commission identified eight "key focus areas" as a "road map" for Commission work in response to the February 2021 Winter Weather Event

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