Texas Staff Files Preliminary List of REPs Which May Be Designated as Non-Volunteer POLRs

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed its preliminary determination of retail electric providers which are eligible to serve as Large Service Providers (non-volunteer POLRs) for the 2013-2014 term, for each customer class and POLR service area.

Link to Staff's Preliminary POLR Designations (Project 40158)

Staff also reported that no REPs have filed to serve as volunteer POLRs for the 2013-14 term.

REPs listed as eligible to serve as a non-volunteer POLR in at least one service area and customer class, and thus may be designated by the Commission as a non-volunteer POLR for such customer class and service area per the procedure in the Substantive Rules, are listed below. A complete listing of which REPs are preliminarily designated as an eligible non-volunteer POLR for each service area and customer class can be found in the linked document above.

REPs Preliminarily Listed as Eligible POLR in At Least One Service Area/Customer Class:

Accent Energy Texas, LP
Ambit Texas, LLC
AmeriPower, LLC
AP Gas & Electric (TX), LLC
Bounce Energy, Inc.
Brilliant Energy, LLC
Champion Energy Services, LLC
Cirro Group, Inc.
Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc.
Constellation New Energy, Inc
CPL Retail Energy, LP
Direct Energy, LP
Direct Energy Business, LLC
EDF Industrial Power Services (TX), LLC
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC
First Choice Power Special Purpose, LP
Fulcrum Retail Energy, LLC
Gexa Energy, LP
GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA, Inc
Green Mountain Energy Company
Hino Electric Power Company
Hudson Energy Services LLC
Just Energy Texas, LP
LPT, LLC
Mega Energy, LP
MidAmerican Energy Company
MP2 Energy Texas, LLC
Nextera Retail of Texas, LP
Noble Americans Energy Solutions, LLC
Nueces Electric Cooperative Retail Division, NEC Retail
Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC
Spark Energy, LP
Star Electricity, Inc
Stream SPE, LTD
Tara Energy, LLC
Texpo Power, LP
TriEagle Energy, LP
TXU Energy Retail Company, LLC
WTU Retail Energy, LP

By Substantive Rule, in each POLR area, for each customer class, the Commission shall designate up to 15 Large Service Providers (non-volunteer POLRs). The eligible REPs that have the greatest market share based upon retail sales in megawatt-hours, by customer class and POLR area, shall be designated as Large Service Providers.

Per SUBST. R. 25.43(h)(3) and 25.43(i)(3), REPs may challenge their eligibility to be a POLR within five business days of the notice of eligibility by filing and submitting to the Commission Staff documentation, calculations and a specific explanation that clearly illustrates and supports the REP's assertion. Staff will accept challenges and clarifications through Friday, September 14, 2012

After Staff has investigated any challenges, Staff will designate up to 15 REPs from the eligible list to serve as Large Service Provider (LSP) POLRs for the 2013-2014 two-year term.