Texas PUC Staff Proposes Amounts For Assessment On Subject Retail Electric Providers To Fund FY 2021 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 2021.

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 for FY 2021:

TXU Energy Retail Company      $18,551 
Reliant Energy Retail Company  $16,514 
Ambit Texas                     $4,609 
Direct Energy                   $4,242 
Green Mountain Energy Company   $3,990 
US Retailers                    $3,434 
Gexa Energy                     $3,055 
Stream Energy                   $2,845 

REPs appearing in the proposed FY 2021 assessment, but which were not assessed a charge in FY 2020 (indicating growth in customers to above the 250,000 threshold) are: US Retailers and Gexa Energy

REPs appearing in the FY 2020 assessment, but not the proposed FY 2021 assessment, (indicating a decline in customers to under 250,000) are: Just Energy Texas

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