Texas PUC Staff Propose Cost To Be Allocated To Individual Retail Providers For Provision Of Low-Income Sync List In FY 2021

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed the individual amounts to be allocated to individual retail electric providers for provision of the low-income customer identification service for the State fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2020 (FY 2021).

Staff said that 29 REPs and Entergy Texas filed requests for the low-income customer list in Project 50776 prior to July 31, 2020.

"In total, these twenty-nine REPs represent 91% of the low-income customers served by REPs that requested the list from the previous year," Staff said

The cost for providing the low-income customer matching process is $60,000 annually. TXU and NRG each agreed to contribute $20,000 each towards the cost of the annual matching process. The final $20,000 will be split evenly among the remaining REPs and Entergy Texas, with Staff proposing the allocation below:

Vistra Energy Retail:               $20,000
  Ambit Texas, LLC 
  Trieagle Energy 
  TXU Energy Retail Company LLC 
  Value Based Brands, LLC 


NRG Retail: 
  Everything Energy, LLC             $3,333
  Green Mountain Energy Company      $3,333 
  Reliant Energy Retail Services     $3,333 
  Stream SPE LTD                     $3,333 
  US Retailers, LLC                  $3,333 
  Xoom Energy Texas, LLC             $3,335


Other Providers ($1,000 allocated to each listed)
 Acacia Energy  
 Amigo Energy  
 APG&E  
 Champion Energy 
 CPL Retail Energy, LP  
 CPL Retail Energy, LP 1100  
 Direct Energy, LP 
 Direct Energy, LP 1400 
 Entergy Texas, Inc  
 First Choice Power, LLC  
 First Choice Power-AMS  
 Hello Energy  
 Just Energy  
 MP2 Energy Texas, LLC 
 My Quest Energy 
 NEC Co-op Energy 
 Smart Prepaid Electric
 Tara Energy, LLC
 Volt Electricity Provider, LLC 
 WTU Retail Energy, LP 

Project 50776