Texas' Only Volunteer POLR Is "Preparing For The Potential Of A POLR Drop", Seeks To Increase Number Of Customers Accepted On Voluntary Basis

TXU Energy -- the only volunteer Provider of Last Resort in Texas -- has filed with the Texas PUC an increase in the maximum number of customers TXU will accept as a volunteer POLR (aka VREP)

"TXU Energy is preparing for the potential of a POLR drop. TXU Energy agrees to accept as a VREP the increased number of ESI IDs [shown below] ... as early as Monday, Feb 22nd and will actively work with the PUC, ERCOT and the respective TDUs to effectuate," TXU said

Specifically, TXU Energy requests to be designated as a Voluntary Retail Electric Provider (VREP, or volunteer POLR) as of February 22, 2021 for the number of Electric Service Identifiers (ESI IDs) indicated below, for the specified transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) and for the residential and Small and Medium Commercial customer classes:

TXU Volunteer POLR Request

Residential Customers
TDU     Number of ESI ID’s 
CenterPoint     250,000
Oncor           250,000
TNMP            250,000
AEP-North       250,000
AEP-Central     250,000



Small Commercial Customers
TDU     Number of ESI ID’s 
CenterPoint     10,000
Oncor           10,000
TNMP            10,000
AEP-North       10,000
AEP-Central     10,000



Medium Commercial Customers
TDU     Number of ESI ID’s 
CenterPoint     1,000
Oncor             500
TNMP              250
AEP-North           0
AEP-Central       250