Company Seeks What Would Be First Option 3 Retail Electric Provider Certificate To Be Granted in Texas

ERock On-Site LLC applied for an Option 3 Texas retail electric provider certificate

An Option 3 REP is a REP that sells electricity exclusively to a retail customer other than a small commercial and residential customer from a distributed generation facility located on a site controlled by that customer.

ERock On-Site is affiliated with distributed generation and microgrid provider Enchanted Rock, Ltd., and Electranet Power, LLC, which holds an Option 2 REP certificate (service to customers 1 MW or larger providing an affidavit agreeing to such service)

Enchanted Rock, Ltd., through its Texas Microgrid LLC partnership with Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners LP (see story here), is providing some 45 H-E-B stores with its natural gas-powered microgrid solution (see story here).

It is believed that, to date, no Option 3 certificate has been granted. The Option 3 category was created in 2010.

At least one company, whose application was marked as for an Option I certificate (authority to serve all customers) submitted affidavits required for both an Option 2 and Option 3 certificate, suggesting that the company was intending to seek certification under the latter two categories, but the application was dismissed without prejudice when the company did not cure deficiencies in the application.