Entergy Texas Updates Participation Under Competitive Generation Service Tariff

In an annual update, Entergy Texas reported that no customers have yet signed up for service under its Competitive Generation Service Tariff (Rider CGS)

Rider CGS has been offered since 2013. Entergy Texas had appealed certain design elements of the program; a Texas appeals court affirmed the PUCT's decision in a 2016 ruling.

Service under Rider CGS is available only to customers taking firm service under Rate Schedules Large Industrial Power Service (LIPS) and Large Industrial Power Service - Time of Day (LIPS-TOD) for their firm load.

Moreover, CGS customers may only purchase supply from a QF -- a Qualifying Facility as defined in Rate Schedule LQF

More specifically, customers taking all or any part of their service under Rate Schedule EAPS are excluded from taking CGS Service. LIPS and LIPS-TOD customers with interruptible service (IS) or standby and maintenance service (SMS) load are not precluded from participating in the CGS program, but their participation is limited to the amount of their firm LIPS or LIPS-TOD load. Customers with IS load that participate in the CGS program must also comply with the terms of the IS tariffs regarding minimum LIPS or LIPS-TOD load. Only the portion of the customer's LIPS or LIPS-TOD firm load that exceeds the firm contract power minimum requirement under section 1 of Schedule IS is eligible for the CGS program.

Further, in order to take CGS Service, a customer must have and maintain at least 2,500 kW of firm service under Rate Schedule LIPS or LIPS-TOD. Minimum charge provisions of Rate Schedules LIPS or LIPS-TOD will apply to the customer’s LIPS or LIPS-TOD service

CGS service is limited to a maximum total of ten ETI-Supplier Contracts or 115 MW of CGS contract capacity, whichever comes first.

Moreover, Rider CGS was designed for implementation prior to Entergy Texas joining MISO.

"ETI's entry into MISO may necessitate proposed revisions to Rider CGS, which the Company continues to evaluate, but ETI is not prepared to propose any changes at this time," Entergy Texas said in its report