# Texas PUC staff ask if the fixed-rate change rule should go

By Ali Peivandizadeh, business growth and AI implementation specialist.
Published Nov 13, 2026. Last checked Nov 13, 2026. Last changed Nov 13, 2026.
Section: News
Who it is for: Electricity sellers, energy brokers. Texas. Owner, pricing, compliance.

Texas PUC staff asked whether to repeal the rule that lets a REP seek a fixed-rate change for a new ancillary service cost.

## The facts
- Energy Choice Matters reported the request on Nov 5, 2026. It is filed in PUC Project 59997.
- The rule is 16 TAC 25.475(b)(5). It lets a REP adjust a fixed rate for an ancillary service cost beyond its control, only after the PUC names that service.
- Staff asked whether to repeal that language, or to keep it and set a clear process.
- Staff also asked what would prevent a prudent REP from covering the cost of DRRS through hedging.
- DRRS is a new ERCOT ancillary service. The PUC approved it in July and did not name it under the rule at that time.
- The report gives no deadline for comments.

## What it means for you
Until the PUC decides, a REP carries the cost of DRRS inside the fixed price it already promised.

## Sources
- Energy Choice Matters, trade publication, Nov 5, 2026: https://www.energychoicematters.com/news/texas-puc-staff-asks-whether-rule-allowing-reps-to-seek-authority-to-change-fixe

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