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NOTICE DATE: August 31, 2023
NOTICE TYPE: CNP-M-A072923-49 – FINAL
SHORT DESCRIPTION: National Weather Service Heat Advisory – CenterPoint Energy Suspension of Disconnect for Non-Pay Orders has expired. Disconnects for non-pay resume today.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Retail Electric Providers
LONG DESCRIPTION: The National Weather Service heat advisory in effect for the CenterPoint Energy Service Territory that began on Sunday, July 30, 2023, expired at 10:00 PM Monday, August 28, 2023. CenterPoint Energy resumed executing
disconnects for non-pay effective today, Thursday, August 31, 2023
The National Weather Service Heat Advisory underlying this DNP moratorium covered Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Waller, and Wharton Counties. As noted in Sec. 7.6.5.4
of the ERCOT Retail Market Guide, it is CNP’s practice to suspend DNPs across our entire territory when the National Weather Service issues a Heat Advisory for a county within our territory.
In accordance with PUC rules, DNP orders will not be executed during the DNP Moratorium for customers in the below counties. CenterPoint Energy will resume working DNP orders in these counties on the date specified in the table below unless
the extreme weather event is extended.
Red = New counties added
Yellow = Counties extended
White = No new updates
Green = Counties where CenterPoint Energy will resume disconnecting effective today
Effective Date of DNP Moratorium |
Last Date of DNP Moratorium |
Date DNP Orders Resume |
|
Austin |
7/30/2023 |
8/30/2023 |
8/31/2023 |
Brazoria |
7/30/2023 |
8/30/2023 |
8/31/2023 |
Chambers |
7/30/2023 |
8/30/2023 |
8/31/2023 |
Colorado |
7/30/2023 |
8/30/2023 |
8/31/2023 |
Fort Bend |
7/30/2023 |
8/30/2023 |
8/31/2023 |
Galveston |
7/30/2023 |
8/30/2023 |
8/31/2023 |
Harris |
7/30/2023 |
8/30/2023 |
8/31/2023 |
Liberty |
7/30/2023 |
8/30/2023 |
8/31/2023 |
Matagorda |
7/30/2023 |
8/30/2023 |
8/31/2023 |
Montgomery |
7/30/2023 |
8/30/2023 |
8/31/2023 |
Waller |
7/30/2023 |
8/30/2023 |
8/31/2023 |
Wharton |
7/9/2023 |
7/26/2023 |
7/27/2023 |
CenterPoint Energy’s Process for Extreme Weather Moratoriums on Disconnects:
·
Same Day 650_01 Disconnect for Non-Payment (DNP) transactions that are submitted during this Moratorium will be rejected with a “WTM” Reject Code
·
Any 650_01 DNP transactions received with a future requested “Date Wanted” will be accepted and scheduled. However, those DNPs may be subsequently Completed Unexecutable with a code of “V001” if the “Date Wanted” falls within
this Moratorium window.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This is the Final Notice concerning this current Heat Advisory.
CONTACT: If you have any questions regarding this notification, please send an email to
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CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC