CPS Energy Requests Deferral of EMR Filing Deadline in PUC Docket No. 57406

Strategic Insights -

Austin-based CPS Energy has submitted a request to the Public Utility Commission of Texas to waive the requirement to file an Electric Utility Earnings Report (EMR) by June 1, 2025. As a non-investor-owned transmission service provider, CPS Energy is required to file an EMR every June 1. However, the company is preparing a comprehensive base rate application that it intends to file soon after the EMR deadline, and is seeking a deferral to file an abbreviated EMR 45 days following the Commission's issuance of a final, appealable order on the comprehensive base rate application.

Key Takeaways:

  • CPS Energy, a non-investor-owned transmission service provider, is required to file an Electric Utility Earnings Report (EMR) every June 1.
  • The company is preparing a comprehensive base rate application that will be filed soon after the EMR deadline.
  • CPS Energy is requesting a deferral of the EMR filing deadline and a good cause exception to the EMR requirements, as authorized under 16 Texas Administrative Code Sections 22.5(b) and 25.3(b).
  • The company has contacted the Commission's Director of Rate Regulation regarding this request and is not aware of any opposition by Commission Staff.
  • This is not the first time CPS Energy has requested a deferral of the EMR filing deadline, with prior examples including a contingent request for deferral in 2021 and a rate application filed in 2022.

Statistics:

  • EMR filing deadline: June 1, 2025
  • Expected filing date for comprehensive base rate application: soon after June 1, 2025
  • Number of days following Commission's issuance of final, appealable order: 45
  • Percentage of CPS Energy's base rate application covering the EMR's 12-month period: 100% (as stated, "the test year for CPS Energy's comprehensive rate-case application is the same twelve-month period that would be covered by its EMR")

Sources:

  • Public Utility Commission of Texas, File Date - 2025-05-16 11:44:09 AM, Control Number - 57406, Item Number - 18
  • General Instruction 1, Public Utility Commission of Texas
  • General Instruction 3, Public Utility Commission of Texas
  • El Paso Electric Company's Contingent Request for Deferral of EMR, Project No. 51718, April 29, 2021
  • El Paso Electric Company's application for rate changes, Docket No. 52195, November 11, 2022