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New Residential Demand Response Rules New Goals for Residential Demand Response to Mean More Savings for Electricity Customers
Excerpts from TPUC Press Release announcing that the PUCT adopts rule to increase residential demand response through voluntary use of smart devices and appliances.
“The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) today took action to further strengthen grid reliability and provide residential consumers an opportunity to save on their electricity bills through greater demand response. The Commission adopted new rules that establish a goal for reducing the amount of electricity residential consumers in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region consume by using smart responsive device programs. These programs are available to consumers in areas with retail competition and participation is voluntary.”
“The new rule implements PURA § 39.919, as enacted by the 88th Texas Legislature through Senate Bill 1699 and signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott in 2023. It establishes a goal for residential demand response programs to reduce the total power consumption of participating customers by 20 percent.”
Order Adopting New 16 TAC §25.186 (12/12/19/2024)
Press Release (12/12/19/2024)
56966 (08/19/2024)
Goal For Reducing Average Total Residential Load In The ERCOT Region
