Shelby Webb
In October, Colorado-based E3 Consulting offered a plan for how the Public Utility Commission should redesign Texas’ deregulated power market. It produced a 44-page proposal, paid for by energy giants NRG and Chicago-based Exelon.
Now the PUC — saying it wants an impartial review of the proposals — has hired E3 to analyze the plans, including its own.
A PUC contract signed May 10 shows the consulting firm will receive up to $364,000 for its review. The contract notes that E3 would create an “internal firewall” to protect against bias in the report, but the contract’s administrator for E3 is first among four authors listed on its market redesign plan.
E3 didn’t respond to a voice message or email requesting comment. The PUC, in a statement from …