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C.IDOPTED
EL S Adopted rules include new rules, amendments to existing rules, and repeals of existing
rules. A rule adopted by a state agency takes effect 20 days after the date on which it is
filed with the Secretary of State unless a later date is required by statute or specified in
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the final rule text is included here. The final rule text will appear in the Texas Administrative Code on the effective date.TITLE 16. ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 2. PUBLIC UTILITY
COMMISSION OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 25. SUBSTANTIVE RULES
APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE
PROVIDERS
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) adopts
amendments to 25.29, relating to Disconnection of Service, and
25.483, relating to Disconnection of Service, with changes to
the proposed text as published in the August 23, 2013, issue of
the Texas Register(38 TexReg 5388). The amendments are pro-
posed pursuant to House Bill 1772 of the 83rd Texas Legislature,
Regular Session, enacted in 2013. The purpose of the amend-
ments is to update the responsibilities of retail electric providers
(REPs) and vertically integrated electric utilities to provide notice
when electric power to a non-submetered master metered multi-
family property is disconnected for non-payment and to establish
a mechanism by which a municipality may provide the commis-
sion with the contact information of the municipality's authorized
representative for such notice of service disconnection. These
amendments are adopted under Project Number 41614.
The commission received comments on the proposed amend-
ments from the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor
(Cities), Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS), and the
REP Coalition. The REP Coalition consists of the following: Al-
liance for Retail Markets (ARM); Reliant Energy Retail Services;
the Texas Energy Association of Marketers (TEAM); and TXU
Energy Retail Company LLC. The members of ARM participat-
ing in this proceeding are: Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.; Direct
Energy, LP; Green Mountain Energy Company; and MidAmeri-
can Energy Company. The members of TEAM participating in
this proceeding are: Accent Energy d/b/a IGS Energy, Cirro En-
ergy, Just Energy, Spark Energy, Stream Energy, TriEagle En-
ergy, and TruSmart Energy.
ISSUES APPLICABLE TO BOTH RULE SECTIONS
The two rules adopted in this order were written in parallel, with
25.29 applicable to electric utilities and 25.483 applicable to
REPs. If a commenter suggested a revision to one rule but not
the other, and if the commission accepted the revision, the com-
mission revised the applicable provision in both rules (except for
25.483(o)(2) which does not apply to electric utilities).
ISSUES APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUAL RULE SECTIONS
25.29. Disconnection of Service.
(I) Electric service disconnection of a non-submetered master
metered multifamily property.Revisions to paragraph (3)
Updates to municipal representative's contact information
Rather than an annual notice, Cities proposed an initial notice
to be submitted no later than January 1, 2014, with subsequent
updates on an as needed basis. SPS proposed that the munic-
ipality notify the commission and the utility within ten business
days of any change to the municipality's authorized representa-
tive or to the representative's contact information.
Additional contact information
SPS proposed that the municipal representative's contact infor-
mation include the contact's mailing address.
Providing municipal contact information to serving utility
SPS proposed that the municipality's contact information be pro-
vided to the utility serving the multifamily property, in addition to
the commission.
Commission Response
The commission retains the annual reporting requirement but will
allow a municipality to update its contact information as needed.
Due to resource constraints, the commission will collect and post
updated contact information annually (see discussion below).
The commission agrees that the municipality should include the
contact's mailing address and has modified the rule accordingly.
The commission understands why the serving utility would also
want to know the contact information for the municipality's au-
thorized representative, but it is not clear to the commission that
a municipality would necessarily know which utility serves a par-
ticular non-submetered master metered multifamily property, or
who within the utility should receive the contact information. The
commission therefore rejects the SPS proposal that a municipal-
ity provide the utility with the contact information for the munici-
pality's authorized representative.
Revisions to paragraph (5)
Notice in addition to email
In addition to email, SPS proposed that the utility provide notice
of disconnection to the municipality's authorized representative
by third-party commercial carrier or certified mail.
Commission Response
The commission agrees with this proposal but makes it optional
at the election of the utility. The commission has modified the
rule accordingly.
25.483. Disconnection of Service.
(o) Electric service disconnection of a non-submetered master
metered multifamily property.
Location of new requirementsADOPTED RULES December 6, 2013 38 TexReg 8819
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