Testimony before the Public Utility Commission of Texas
Docket On behalf of Description
6032 PUCT Staff Petition of Central Power & Light Company for fixing of refund with interest and amendment of monthly interim fuel factor. Performed fuel forecast.
6611 PUCT Staff Petition of Southwestem Electric Power Company for recovery of unrecovered fuel expense with interest thereon and the setting of revised fixed fuel factors. Performed prudence investigation which resulted in fuel refunds; fuel forecast.
6765 PUCT Staff Application by Houston Lighting & Power Company for authority to change rates. Prudence of fuel procurement and fuel forecast.
6963 PUCT Staff Investigation regarding the reasonableness of Houston Lighting & Power Company’s Spring Creek and Ken McGee Coal Contract Costs. Prudence of long-term coal contracts.
6992 PUCT Staff Investigation regarding Texas-New Mexico Power Company for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for a proposed generating station (coal-fired) within Robertson County. Economic study of best and most economic option for utility resource acquisition.
7195/6755 PUCT Application of Gulf States Utilities Company for authority to change rates. Inquiry of the Public Utility Commission of Texas into the prudence and efficiency of fhe planning and management of the construction of the River Bend Nuclear Generating Station. Prudence of fuel procurement and fuel forecast.
7460 PUCT Staff Application of El Paso Electric Company for authority to change rates. Prudence of fuel procurement and fuel forecast.
7510 PUCT Staff Application of West Texas Utilities Company for authority to change rates. Prudence of fuel procurement and fuel forecast.
7512 PUCT Staff Application of Lower Colorado River Authority for authority to change rates. Prudence of fuel procurement and fuel forecast.
10473 HL&P Notice of Intent of Houston Lighting & Power Company for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for DuPont Project, Webster Units 1 & 2 Refurbishment Project, and Greens Bayou Units 3 & 4 Refurbishment Project. Economic study of resource procurement.
10832 HL&P Houston Lighting & Power Company’s Standard Avoided Cost Calculation for the Purchase of Firm Energy and Capacity from Qualifying Facilities Pursuant to Subst. R. 23.66(h)(3). History of resource planning and appropriateness of marginal cost.
11000 HL&P Application of Houston Lighting & Power Company for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for the DuPont Project. Economic study of resource procurement.
11999 HL&P Application of Houston Lighting & Power Company for Approval of Tariff for Economic Improvement Service – Rate Schedule EIS. Appropriateness of marginal cost.
12138 HL&P Notice of Intent of Houston Lighting & Power Company for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for Advanced Gas Turbine Projects. Economic study of resource procurement.
12065 HL&P Complaint of Kenneth D. Williams Against Houston Lighting & Power Company, Prudence of utility planning; industry restructuring.
12957 HL&P Application of Houston Lighting & Power Company for Approval of Experimental Tariff for Special Contract Pricing, Rate Schedule SCP. Appropriateness of marginal cost.
I5000 HL&P An Investigation into Issues Related to the Electric Utility Industry and Regulatory Restructuring. Industry restructuring.
15001 HL&P An Investigation into Potentially Stranded Investment in the Electric Utility Industry in Texas. Industry restructuring.
15002 HL&P An Investigation into the Scope of Competifion in the Electric Utility Industry in Texas. Industry restructuring.
21665 Reliant Application of Reliant Energy, Incorporated for a Financing Order to Securitize Regulatory Assets and Other Qualified Costs. Industry restructuring and securitization of regulatory assets.
21956 Reliant Application of Reliant Energy, Inc. for Approval of Business Separation Plan. Industry restructuring.
22355 Reliant Application of Reliant Energy HL&P for Approval of Unbundled Cost Of Service Rate Pursuant to PURA $39.207 and Public Utility Commission Substantive Rules25.344. Industry restructuring and recovery of stranded costs.
23950 Reliant Petition of Reliant Energy, Inc. to Establish Price to Beat Fuel Factor and Request for Good Cause Exception to Subst. R.25.47. Industry restructuring and setting of default service rate.
24790 Reliant Petition to Appoint Provider of Last Resort Pursuant to PURA 39.7 06 for Residential and Small Non-Residential Customers in the Entergy, TXU East-DFW, and TXU West-DFW Service Areas and for Large Non-Residential Customers in the Reliant North, Reliant South, CPL Gulf Coast, CPL Valley, WTU, and SWEPCO Service Areas. Industry restructuring and setting of POLR rate.
29526 Reliant Application Of CenterPoinf Energy Houston Electric For A True-Up Filing. Rate design for stranded cost true-up.
35620 Reliant Application of CenetrPoint Houston Electric LLC for Approval to Implement Advanced Meter Information Network Pursuant to PURA 39.107(i). Benefits of smart meter deployment.
37361 Occidental Application of Southwestern Public Service Company for Authority to Revise Its Tariff for Purchase of Non-Firm Energy from Qualifying Facilities. Appropriate price to pay for non-firm energy deliveries in SPP
38448 Just Energy Petition of Just Energy Texas, LP for the Commission to Resolve a Billing Dispute. Nature of unaccounted for energy and how to calculate the amount of unaccounted for energy to bill a customer under a contract allowing pass-through of such charges
40443 TIEC Application of Southwest Electric Power Company for a Rate Increase. Prudence of decision of continue construction of a coal contract and impact of putting that plant in rates in Texas and not in Arkansas
40449 Occidental Complaint of Ascendant Renewable Energy Corp. Against Southwestern Public Service. Appropriate interconnection procedure for a distribution level Qualifying Facility in SPP and interpretation of SPS tariffs and contracts
40445 PUCT Staff Petition of Calpine Corporation for Voluntary Mitigation Plan. Considerations ofr approval of VMPs and market design issues
Testimony Filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC Dockets On behalf of Description
ER98-927-000 Reliant Application of Reliant Energy Mandalay, L. L.C., to sell energy, capacity and ancillary services at market based rates. Market Power study.
ER98-928400 Reliant Application of Reliant Energy Ellwood, L.L. C., to sell energy, capacity and ancillary services at market based rates. Market Power study.
ER98-930-000 Reliant Application of Reliant Energy Etiwanda, L.L. C., to sell energy, capacity and ancillary services at market based rates. Market Power study.
ER98-93 1400 Reliant Application of Reliant Energy Cool Water, L. L. C., to sell energy, capacityand ancillary services at market based rates. Market Power study.
ER98-2878-000 Reliant Application of Reliant Energy Ormond Beach, L. L C., to sell energy, capacity and ancillary services at market based rates. Market Power study.
ER99-3 143-000 Reliant Application of Reliant Energy Indian River, L. L. C., to sell energy, capacity and ancillary services at market based rates. Market Power study.
Testimony In Other States
Dockets On behalf of Description
Maryland PSC
9063 Reliant In The matter of The Optimal Market Design For The Electric Industry In
Maryland. Wholesale and Retail Market design.
Pennsylvania PUC
P-00032071 Reliant Duquesnse Light Company Petition for Approval of Plan for Post Transition POLR Service. Wholesale and Retail Market design and supply procurement.
P-00052188 RESA[1] Petition of Pennsylvania Power Co. for Approval of Interim PLR Supply Plan. Wholesale and Retail Market design.
Kansas Corporation Commission
12-KG&E-17-CON Occidental Application Of Kansas Gas And Electric Company For Approval Of The Energy Supply Agreement Between Kansas Gas And Electric Company And Frontier El Dorado Refining Company LLC. Economics of special contracts and customer bypass of utility service.
CIVIL LITIGATION
CAUSE no. C-356-10-A Lorali, Ltd, Danhana, Ltd, RGV Warehouse, Ltd, and Richann, Inc. v. Sempra Energy Soultion, LLC and Priority Power, LL, 92nd Judicial Court, Hidalgo County, Texas. Commercial Reasonability of Retail Electric Contracts and Wholesale and Retail Market Design.
Cause No. A-09-CA-917-SS JD Wind v. Public Utility Commission of Texas, United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Austin Division
Legislative Testimony
Joint Meeting of Texas House Interim Committee of Natural Resources and House Regulated Industries, May 2009 – Advanced Metering
Texas House Regulated Industries, February 2007 – State of the Electric Industry
Texas Senate Business and Commerce, February 2007 – State of the Electric Industry
Texas House Regulated Industries, March 2005 – State of the Electric Industry
[1] Retail Electric Suppliers’ Association
