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State lawmakers are now trying to change the way ERCOT is governed by requiring members to live in Texas and giving more board seats to political appointees — changes that experts say may do little to improve the power grid.

During February’s deadly winter storm, Gov. Greg Abbott and many state lawmakers quickly criticized the Electric Reliability Council of Texas because several members of its large governing board reside outside Texas.

Many of the out-of-state board members are experts in the electricity field, but resigned following criticism of the agency’s oversight of the state’s main power grid during the …

PETITION TO REVOKE THE RETAIL ELECTRIC PROVIDER CERTIFICATE OF MQE, LLC DBA MY QUEST ENERGY

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II. BACKGROUND MQE is authorized by the Commission to provide retail electric service under REP Certificate No. 10236. Upon information and belief, on February 22, 2021 ERCOT provided MQE with a notice of material breach of ERCOT’s Standard Form Market Participant Agreement (SFA) for MQE’s failures to provide required collateral and timely pay settlement invoices. Additionally, MQE did not cure the material breach within the deadline provided by ERCOT. Therefore, on Friday, April 9,2021, ERCOT revoked all rights of MQE to conduct activity as a Market Participant under the ERCOT Protocols, stating in part that MQE had failed to timely pay settlement invoices totaling $13,038,793.74. On the same day, April 9,2021, MQE filed an application to amend its REP certificate, seeking to relinquish its certificate.2 Given these facts, Commission Staff recommends that revocation of MQE’s REP certificate is appropriate.

PETITION TO REVOKE THE RETAIL ELECTRIC PROVIDER CERTIFICATE OF ENERGY MONGER, LLC

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II. BACKGROUND Energy Monger is authorized by the Commission to provide retail electric service under REP Certificate No. 10276. On February 18, 2021, Commission Staff was notified of concerns regarding Energy Monger’s ability to meet its financial obligations in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) marketplace. On information and belief, on March 9,2021, ERCOT provided Energy Monger of a notice of material breach for Energy Monger’s failures to provide required collateral and timely pay settlement invoices. Between March 15,2021 and March 17,2021, all Energy Monger customers were transferred to JP Energy Resources LLC, doing business as Ampra Energy to prevent those customers from being involuntarily transferred to a provider of last resort (POLR) service.2 On March 24, 2021, ERCOT revoked all rights of Energy Monger as a market participant and terminated its Standard Form Market Participant Agreement (SFA) as a result of Energy Monger’s failures to provide required collateral and pay outstanding settlement invoices. Specifically, as of March 24, 2021, ERCOT asserted that Energy Monger had outstanding collateral calls in the amount of $7,790,739.84 and unpaid invoices in the amount of $8,527,259.10.3 That same day, Energy Monger filed with the Commission a letter to relinquish REP certificate number [0276.4 In its letter, Energy Monger stated that it was electing to “abandon the ERCOT market” and has short-paid approximately $8,514,248.45 as of March 17, 2021.5