The Texas PUC has posted a draft strategic plan for FYs 2019-2023
The draft plan includes recommendations included in prior plans, including authorizing the PUC to set the Gross Receipts assessment rate at an amount necessary to produce revenue equal to the General Revenue appropriation to the PUC.
According to the draft, Retail Electric Providers (REPs) currently pay one-sixth of one percent of gross receipts from rates charged to the ultimate consumer to defray the expenses incurred in the administration of the Public Utility Regulatory Act. The amount of revenue collected from this assessment has been projected to exceed the PUC's authorized General Revenue appropriation
The draft again recommends the deletion of the requirement that the PUC maintain a state-specific no-call list, due to the presence of the FTC's national do-not-call list, which the draft states provides more expansive protections.