Texas Public Utility Commission Rulebook Updates: July 2020 Page: 25.248-1
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CHAPTER 25. SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Subchapter F. COSTS, RATES, AND TARIFFS.
DIVISION 1. RETAIL RATES.
25.248. Generation Cost Recovery Rider.
(a) Applicability. This section provides a mechanism for an electric utility to request to recover investment in
a power generation facility through a generation cost recovery rider (GCRR) outside of a base-rate
proceeding. This section applies only to an electric utility that operates solely outside of the Electric
Reliability Council of Texas.
(b) Definitions. The following terms, when used in this section, have the following meanings unless context
indicates otherwise.
(1) GCRR billing determinant -- Each rate class's annual billing determinant (kilowatt-hour, kilowatt,
or kilovolt-ampere) for the previous calendar year.
(2) Generation invested capital -- The parts of the electric utility's invested capital for a power
generation facility that will be functionalized as generation plant properly recorded in Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Uniform System of Accounts 303 through 347, 352, and
353 when the generation facility is placed into service.
(3) Power generation facility -- A discrete facility or facilities constructed or purchased by an electric
utility for use in generating electricity for public service by the electric utility, and the cost of which
is not included in the electric utility's base rates. The term "facility" may encompass different parts
of a single generation facility that begins providing service to the electric utility's customers on the
same date.
(4) Power generation facility invested capital -- Generation invested capital associated with a power
generation facility included in the electric utility's GCRR that will be placed into service before or
at the time the GCRR becomes effective under subsection (g) of this section.
(5) Power generation facility net invested capital -- Power generation facility invested capital that is
adjusted for accumulated depreciation and any changes in accumulated deferred federal income
taxes, including changes to excess accumulated deferred federal income taxes, associated with all
power generation facilities included in the electric utility's GCRR.
(6) Weather-normalized -- Adjusted for normal weather using weather data for the most recent ten-
year period prior to the year from which the GCRR billing determinants are derived.
(c) GCRR Requirements. The GCRR rate for each rate class, and any other terms or conditions related to those
rates, will be specified in a rider to the utility's tariff.
(1) An electric utility must not have more than one GCRR.
(2) An electric utility with an existing GCRR may apply to amend the GCRR to include the electric
utility's actual capital investment in a power generation facility and additional power generation
facilities.
(3) Any GCRR established under this section will take effect on the date the power generation facility
begins providing service to the electric utility's customers. Any amendment to an existing GCRR
for an additional power generation facility will take effect on the date that the additional power
generation facility begins providing service to the electric utility's customers.
(4) As part of the next base-rate proceeding for the electric utility, the electric utility must request to
move all investment being recovered in a GCRR into base rates and the GCRR will be set to zero.
(d) Calculation of GCRR Rates. The GCRR rate for each rate class must be calculated according to the
provisions of this subsection and subsections (e) and (f) of this section.
(1) The GCRR rates will not take into account changes in the number of the electric utility's customers
and the effects that energy consumption and energy demand have on the amount of revenue
recovered through the electric utility's base rates.
(2) The GCRR rates must not include estimated costs.
(3) The GCRR rate for each rate class will be calculated using the following formula:
GCRRCLASS = RRCLASS / BDC-CLASS25.248--1 effective 07/28/2020
(P 50031)
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Texas. Public Utility Commission. Texas Public Utility Commission Rulebook Updates: July 2020, text, July 24, 2020; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1364260/m1/55/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.