License Briefs

GridPlus Texas Seeks Ability To Collect Customer Deposits, Advance Payments

GridPlus Texas Inc. applied for an amendment to its Texas retail electric provider certificate to authorize the company to have the option of collecting deposits or advance payments from customers. Grid Plus Texas Inc. also recently received an amendment to its REP certificate to add the trade name "GridPlus Energy" to its Texas REP certificate. As previously reported, blockchain-focused GridPlus recently launched a beta, and its business model ultimately envisions (see story here) peer-to-peer sales and a prepay model, though it has not yet filed to offer prepay service and previously said peer-to-peer sales are not in the near term

Texas REP Files For Non-Volunteer POLR Designation To Be Rescinded

The Texas PUC has rescinded the non-volunteer POLR designation of Total Gas and Power North America, Inc. (TGPNA). TGPNA had previously informed the PUCT that its customers are affiliates, with the exception of one customer that is related to TGPNA's other energy operations, and asked that its prior POLR designation be rescinded, "as TGPNA's customers are limited to its affiliates or indirectly affiliated with TGPNA." The PUCT also updated the non-volunteer POLR list to remove several other REPs (whose requests were previously reported) from the list -- namely VEH LLC (VEH) and Source Power & Gas LLC