The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas (State public utility commission) · Texas
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Tex. Util. Code 14.001, 17.004, 39.101, 39.151
- Issued
- 2020-04-17 Apr. 17, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-17 (charge to be reviewed May 14, 2020) (read as 2020-04-17)
- End
- Program end date of July 17, 2020 (recited in Ex. 020), extended by the Third Order of July 16, 2020 to August 31, 2020 (read as 2020-07-17)
- In force
- Apr. 17, 2020 to July 17, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- retail electric providers
- transmission and distribution utilities
- ERCOT
- Functions reached
- OP REP collections and disconnections
- OF TDU riders and reporting
- CB eligible residential customers
- Collection
- State utilities, housing and agriculture agencies AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG
Operative words
Through this Order, the Commission modifies the customer assistance program previously [established]... 3. Retail electric providers must cease disconnections of eligible residential customers in areas open to customer choice as provided by other orders of the Commission and the COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program attached to this Order.
Enforcement
Notes
Issued the same day as the Second Order Directing Certain Actions (item 171), which renewed the deferred-payment directive and narrowed the disconnection and late-fee exceptions to residential customers through May 15, 2020 (read, not saved).
Retrieval noteProject 50664 item 172; the attached Program recites Governor Abbott's Executive Order GA-08 of March 19, 2020.