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TPUC Staff Seeks $128,000 Penalty Against Our Energy LLC
The Division of Compliance and Enforcement (DICE) of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has issued a report seeking an administrative penalty of $128,700 against Our Energy, LLC for alleged violation of reporting requirements and deadlines to respond to PUC Staff inquiries.
Excerpts from DICE filing allege the following:
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Our Energy failed to file its annual reports for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and its semi-annual report for calendar year 2023. These failures remain ongoing because Our Energy has yet to file a report that meets the reporting requirements of the Commission’s rules.
Our Energy has not made any meaningful effort to correct the ongoing violations despite Commission Staff’s repeated efforts to gain the company’s compliance. Though Our Energy did file a document in response to communications concerning the 2023 semi-annual report, the filed materials did not satisfy the rule’s requirements, a fact Commission Staff finds concerning given the entity’s 15-year history of providing certificated retail electric service. Moreover, Our Energy made no further effort to correct that filing even after Commission Staff alerted the REP to the deficiency of the filed materials. Finally, Our Energy has made no overt effort to correct its poor business practices that have led to repeated failures to respond to Commission Staff’s formal and informal communication.
From DICE’s proposed penalty:
- $500 for Our Energy’s alleged initial failure to file an annual report for calendar year 2022 by March 6, 2023;
- $200 for each day that the alleged violations of 16 TAC § 25.107(i) have allegedly persisted after March 6, 2023;
- $500 for Our Energy’s alleged initial failure to file a semi-annual report for calendar year 2023 by August 15, 2023;
- $200 for each day that the alleged violations of 16 TAC § 25.107(i) allegedly have persisted after August 15, 2023;
- $500 for Our Energy’s alleged initial failure to file a semi-annual report for calendar year 2024 by March 5, 2024;
- $200 for each day that the alleged violations of 16 TAC § 25. 107(i) have allegedly persisted after March 5, 2024; and
- $2,000 for each alleged instance Our Energy failed to respond to Commission Staff’s requests for information.
Staff Memorandum To The Commission (03/13/2024)
Commission Staff’s Notice Of Report Of Violation (03/13/2024)
56334 (03/11/2024) (Report On Our Energy, LLC; Finding Of Violations Of 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.107, Relating To Annual Reporting Requirements)
