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RMGRR113

Summary

Title Updates to Standard Historical Usage Request
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Next Step
Status Withdrawn

Action

Date Gov Body Action Taken Next Steps
11/14/2012 RMS Deferred/Tabled RMS for consideration.

Voting Record

Date Gov Body Motion Result
11/14/2012 RMS To table RMGRR113. Passed

Background

Status: Withdrawn
Date Posted: Oct 12, 2012
Sponsor: Infinite Energy
Urgent: No
Sections: 7.5, 7.5.1, 9 B-1, 9 B-2, 9 B-3
Description: This Retail Market Guide Revision Request (RMGRR) updates the Retail Market Guide (RMG) sections listed above to appropriately reflect the intent of subsection (b)(3) of P.U.C. Subst. R. 25.472, Privacy of Customer Information. Per this rule, an applicant for new electric service at a location that was previously occupied by another Customer has the right to authorize the Transmission and/or Distribution Service Provider (TDSP) to release the entire 12 month historical usage data to an Retail Electric Provider (REP), or other designated Entity, for any Electric Service Identifier (ESI ID) for which the applicant currently has the legal authority to establish electric service in its name, regardless of what entity the TDSP currently shows as the Customer of record.
Reason: This RMGRR addresses the issue that the above RMG sections only acknowledge the "Customer" for the purpose of granting authorization to release an ESI ID’s 12 month historical usage data. Currently, REPs that submit authorizations granted by applicants for electric service who are new to the location(s) for which usage histories are requested see their requests rejected by TDSPs as the new applicant’s name does not match that of the Customer of record in the TDSP’s system. In many cases, the previous Customer of record is either unavailable or unknown to the new applicant and landlords and sellers of commercial properties typically have no relationship with the previous Customer of record and are likewise unlisted in the TDSP’s system. This de facto limitation prevents new service applicants who have recently purchased or rented a Premise from granting authorization to their chosen REP for the release of the ESI ID’s 12 month historical usage data. The ESI ID’s 12 month usage history data is critical to Customers and REPs for accurate pricing, contracting, and ensuring compliance with Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) regulations. Ensuring its availability to a REP acting on behalf of either the current Customer of record or an applicant for new service is explicit in subsection (b)(3) of P.U.C. Subst. R. 25.472.

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