Brazos Electric Power Cooperative's Response to Staff's Ninth Request for Information
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. ("Brazos Electric") has submitted a comprehensive response to the Public Utility Commission of Texas's Staff's Ninth Request for Information (RFI) on May 27, 2025. The response provides detailed information on account transfers for transmission and distribution FERC accounts, including FERC Account 350, 353, 355, and 362.
Key Takeaways:
- Brazos Electric's response answers Staff's RFI subject to and without waiver of its objections to Staff's 9th set of RFIs.
- The response provides a detailed statement discussing account transfers for the following transmission and distribution FERC accounts:
+ FERC Account 350 - Land and Land Rights - $16,932,423
+ FERC Account 353 - Station Equipment - $116,697,513
+ FERC Account 355 - Poles and Fixtures - $63,428,427
+ FERC Account 362 - Station Equipment - $16,359,841
- Brazos Electric stipulates that all parties may treat these answers as if they were filed under oath, pursuant to 16 TAC § 22.144(c)(2)(F).
- The response includes various reclass entries, which move assets from one account to another based on allocations calculated by applying the percentage of high-side substation assets out of total high-side and low-side substation assets.
Statistics:
- FERC Account 350 - Land and Land Rights - $16,932,423
- FERC Account 353 - Station Equipment - $116,697,513
- FERC Account 355 - Poles and Fixtures - $63,428,427
- FERC Account 362 - Station Equipment - $16,359,841
- Reclassification entries include:
+ Reclass (4), a debit of $21,255,154
+ Reclass (2), a debit of $51,255,608
+ Reclass (3), a debit of $46,463,132
+ Reclass (6), a credit of $2,276,381
- Brazos Electric has served the response on all parties of record in this proceeding via electronic mail in accordance with the Second Order Suspending Rules, issued in Project No. 50664.
Sources:
- Public Utility Commission of Texas. Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.'s Response to Commission Staff's Ninth Request for Information. Filed May 27, 2025.
- Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. Brazos Electric's Response to Staff's Ninth Request for Information. Filed May 27, 2025.