HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2023-R0534 - LP&L, Default Retail Electric Providers (DREP) - 10/24/2023Resolution No. 2023-R0534
Item No. 6.7
October 24, 2023
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lubbock Power & Light is the municipally owned electric utility
of the City of Lubbock ("LP&L");
WHEREAS, on February 15, 2022, by EUB Resolution No. 2022-R0010, the
Electric Utility Board of the City of Lubbock ("EUB") passed an irrevocable resolution
to offer customer choice to the ratepayers of LP&L, as contemplated by Chapter 40 of
the Texas Utilities Code, subject to certain conditions outlined in the resolution;
WHEREAS, on February 22, 2022, by Resolution No. 2022-R0108, the City
Council of the City of Lubbock passed an irrevocable resolution to offer customer
choice to the ratepayers of LP&L, as contemplated by Chapter 40 of the Texas Utilities
Code, subject to certain conditions outlined in the resolution;
WHEREAS, collectively, the resolutions described above are referred to herein
as the "Irrevocable Resolutions";
WHEREAS, condition (14) in the Irrevocable Resolutions requires that the
Electric Utility Board and the City Council of the City of Lubbock approve a transition
to competition plan for customers in LP&L's certificated area who have not
affirmatively selected their own Retail Electric Providers ("REP") prior to the date
choice is initiated;
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2023-R0112 and Resolution No. EUB 2023-
R0011, the City Council of the City of Lubbock, and the Electric Utility Board of the
City of Lubbock, respectively, selected Default Retail Electric Providers ("DREP")
TXU Energy Retail Company LLC, Octopus Energy, LLC, and Reliant Energy Retail
Services, LLC to provide market-based, month-to-month products that customers could
switch from without penalty for the customers who do not affirmatively select their
own REPs prior to the date choice is initiated;
WHEREAS, on October 17, 2023, the Electric Utility Board adopted a
Resolution approving processes to be used in the transition to retail competition for
assigning customers who have not affirmatively selected retail electric providers as of
the date of customer choice to DREPs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the City Council of the City of Lubbock hereby determines that condition (14)
in Resolution No. 2022-R0108, passed by the Council on February 22, 2022, relating
to the procedures regarding the transition plan for customers within Lubbock Power
within Lubbock Power and Light's certificated service area who had not
affirmatively selected a retail electric provider as of the date of customer choice, has
been met.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Lubbock the 24th day of October,
2023.
ATTEST:
C ney Paz, City Secretary
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lubbock Power & Light is the municipally owned electric utility
of the City of Lubbock ("LP&L");
WHEREAS, by Resolution adopted by the Electric Utility Board of the City of
Lubbock ("EUB") on February 15, 2022, the EUB irrevocably chose to offer customer
choice through retail competition, as provided for under Texas law, to electric utility
customers of LP&L and directed the Director of Electric Utilities to take a!t necessary
steps to implement customer choice and to report to the EUB on those actions;
WHEREAS, the EUB Resolution also provided that customer choice would
commence when certain enumerated conditions were met, one of which was that the
EUB and the City Council of the City of Lubbock establish the a transition to
competition plan for customers in LP&L's certificated service area who have not
affirmatively selected their own Retail Electric Provider ("REP") prior to the date
choice is initiated;
WHEREAS, by Resolution adopted by the EUB on February 21, 2023, EUB
selected Default Retail Electric Providers ("DREP") TXU Energy Retail Company
LLC, Octopus Energy, LLC, and Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC to provide
market-based, month-to-month products that customers could switch from without
penalty for the customers who did not affirmatively select their own REP prior to the
date choice is initiated;
WHEREAS, the irrevocable resolution passed by the City of Lubbock
requires that the EUB and City Council of the City of Lubbock determine procedures
to transition customers in LP&L's certificated area who did not affirmatively select an
REP prior to the date choice is initiated.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD
OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the Electric Utility Board hereby recommends to the City Council of
the City of Lubbock that for use in the transition to retail competition, Lubbock Power
and Light adopt the processes outlined in the attached document.
THAT the Electric Utility Board hereby deterrnines that condition { 14} in the
Customer Choice Resolution adopted by this Board on February 15, 2022, relating to
the procedures regarding the transition plan for customers within Lubbock Power and
LighYs certificated service area who had not affirmatively selected a retai! electric
provider as of the date of customer choice, has been met.
Passed by the Electric Utility Board this 17`h day of October, 2023.
ATTEST:
ie Sc u z, Board Secretary
AS 'G9 CUNTENT:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Carolyn ellman, Interim General Counsel
DefauR REP Assignment Process for City of Lubbock, by and through Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L)
Summary
Procedure for assigning current LP&L electric customers, who have not selected a Retail Electric Provider
(REP), to Default Retail Electric Providers (DREPs).
Procedure
On or about two weeks prior to transitioning customers to REPs, LP&L will:
Run a query to search for all customers who have an active account with LP&L, but do not have
an active enrollment with a REP. The list will contain each customer's current rate, the ESI ID,
and the Customer ID.
a. The customer list will be sorted and grouped to show any duplicate Customer IDs, so all
associated ESI I�s to that Customer ID are sent to the same Default Retailer.
b. The customer list will be sorted by current rate class.
LP&L will create three separate lists of customers, for each rate class.
a. Should any rate class have an uneven number of customers that cannot be divided
equally amongst the three DREPs, the "overflow" will be randomky assigned to one
DREP. If multiple rate class lists have an uneven number of customers that cannot be
evenly divided, this process will be rotated for each rate in an attempt to keep the
assignment random and fair.
Each DREP will be provided a CBCI �le (Customer Billin� Contact Information), with the ESI IDs,
that they are being awarded to start the enrollment process for the customers.