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

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed the fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2020.

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

Staff proposed that the following fees be assessed to subject REPs:

TXU Energy Retail Company LLC       $19,297
Reliant Energy Retail Company LLC   $17,830
Ambit Texas                          $5,023
Direct Energy                        $4,610
Green Mountain Energy Company        $4,443
Stream Energy                        $3,274
Just Energy Texas                    $2,763

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