Texas Commission Denies Rehearing on AEP Retail Energy Certificate Amendment Order

The Public Utility Commission of Texas denied rehearing of its earlier order to deny the application of AEP Texas Commercial & Industrial Retail Limited Partnership d/b/a AEP Retail Energy for a REP certificate amendment, in which AEP Retail Energy was seeking to serve customers under 1 MW.

As previously reported, the Commission denied the amendment application by concluding,
"[t]he sharing of the AEP acronym and AEP's red parallelogram logo by both AEP Retail Energy and its affiliated TDUs as described in this case violates the prohibition in PURA § 39.157(d)(6) P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.272(h)(2) of joint advertising and promotional activities that favors a competitive affiliate."

On Friday, the Commission voted 2-1 to deny a rehearing sought by AEP Retail Energy, with Chairman Donna Nelson dissenting.