Texas Staff Proposes Assessments on REPs to Fund Broadcasting of PUCT Meetings

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed annual assessments on certain retail electric providers to fund the public online broadcasting of Commission meetings, consistent with statute.

Specifically, PURA requires the assessment to be imposed on, among other entities, a retail electric provider that serves more than 250,000 customers, and a power generation company that owns more than 5,000 megawatts of installed capacity in Texas. Staff is proposing to calculate the assessment on individual companies under the same methodology as in past years.

Staff noted that a company previously subject to the assessment, CPL Retail Energy, LP, is no longer subject to the assessment.

For FY 2014, Staff's proposed level of assessment for REPs is as follows:

Ambit Texas                  $7,559
Direct Energy                $5,873
Green Mountain Energy        $7,013
Reliant Energy Retail       $28,268
Stream Energy                $6,732
TXU Energy Retail           $34,555

For FY 2014, Staff's proposed level of assessment for power generation companies is as follows:

Luminant                    $35,285
Calpine                     $16,557
NRG Energy                  $26,166
NextEra Energy Resources    $11,992

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