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ALJ’s Proposed Order Would Grant Texpo Power Request To Cease Non-Volunteer POLR Status
A proposed order from a Texas Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) would grant a request from Texpo Power, L.P. to be relieved of its designation as a non-volunteer (LSP) provider of last resort for the remainder of the 2023-2024 POLR term.
As previously reported, Texpo’s filed a petition attesting that on June 2, 2023, Texpo entered into an asset purchase agreement in which Texpo sold and assigned its Texas customer contracts to US Retailers, LLC, and Direct Energy Business, LLC dba NRG.
Texpo on August 17, 2023, attested that it no longer is providing retail service and does not have any customers with ESI IDs, which Texpo had said on such date will be the case for the next 150 days.
Texpo has asserted that, “Texpo may be unable to maintain its financial integrity if additional customers are transferred to it upon the designation of POLR status.”
Texpo’s petition was not opposed by any party.
The proposed order would find that, “Texpo no longer meets the POLR eligibility requirements of 16 TAC § 25.43(h)(2)(B),” and that, “Good cause exists to revoke Texpo’s designation as a POLR, as required by 16 TAC § 25.43(q)(1)(D).”
The proposed order would not designate any other REPs to take Texpo’s place as an LSP in such areas where Texpo had been designated as such.
Proposed Order With Memorandum (03/21/2024)
Order No. 4 – Admitting Evidence (03/21/2024)
Order No. 3 – Finding Notice Sufficient (02/20/2024)
Order No. 2 – Finding Petition Administratively Complete, Requiring Notice, And Establishing
Procedural Schedule (01/17/2024)
Order No. 1 – Requiring Commission Staff Recommendation (12/12/2023)
55965 (12/11/2024)
(Petition Of Texpo Power, LP For Revocation Of Status As A Provider Of Last Resort)
