Texas PUC Staff Recommend Amounts For Assessment On Subject Retail Providers To Fund Internet Broadcast Of PUC Meetings

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed recommended fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2019.

PURA provides that a retail electric provider that serves more than 250,000 customers shall be subject to such an assessment.

Staff recommends the following fees be assigned to subject REPs:

TXU Energy Retail Company LLC       $19,170
Reliant Energy Retail Company LLC   $18,089
Ambit Texas                          $5,060
Green Mountain Energy Company        $4,789
Stream Energy                        $3,606
Direct Energy                        $3,525
Just Energy Texas                    $3,001

There is no change in the number of REPs, or specific REPs, that would be subject to the assessment versus last year