Just Energy Seeks to Join Litigation Against PUC Over Winter Storm Uri Pricing

Retail electric provider Just Energy has asked the Austin Court of Appeals to allow it to join a lawsuit brought by a half-dozen other Texas power suppliers challenging the legality of Texas Public Utility Commission orders increasing the price of electricity during Winter Storm Uri in 2021 by 650 percent.

Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected Just Energy’s efforts to claw-back $274 million that the Canadian-based energy provider claims it was overcharged by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas for power purchased during the four days of unprecedented freezing weather in February 2021.