Parties File Stipulated Issues Regarding Entergy Competitive Generation Tariff

Parties have filed with the PUCT a list of stipulated facts and settlement issues regarding Entergy Texas' competitive generation service (CGS) tariff, though several issues remain contested (Docket 38951).

Under the settled issues, parties agree that CGS customers will remain retail customers of Entergy Texas, with the CGS supplier selling wholesale energy to Entergy.

Parties agree that eligible CGS Suppliers will be limited to Qualifying Facilities that are or will be directly connected to Entergy Texas, Inc. Any expansion of Eligible CGS Suppliers would require initiation of new PUCT proceedings.

Furthermore, parties stipulate that it is, "reasonable at the outset of the CGS program to establish a cap on the amount of load that may subscribe to CGS service."

The amount of the cap is contested, but recommendations range from 80 MW to 150 MW.

CGS Customers will pay an unbundled delivery rate, but with such unbundling attained through application of a bill credit. For CGS Customers in the Large Industrial Power Service class, the credit shall initially be $6.84 per kW per month.

Entergy will purchase hourly CGS energy supplied by the CGS Supplier from the CGS Contract Capacity at the system hourly avoided energy cost as determined under Rate Schedule LQF. Entergy will charge the CGS customer at the same rate for that hourly CGS-supplied energy not to exceed the energy requirement of the CGS customer.

Additionally, the level of compensation to Entergy from CGS Customers for CGS Service will include a monthly fixed charge called a Fixed Cost Contribution, which shall be $1.10 per kW of CGS load per month.