 TORONTO, June 18, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Just Energy Group Inc. Just Energy or the Company OTC: JENGQ, a retail energy provider specializing in electricity and natural gas commodities and bringing energy efficient solutions and renewable energy options to customers, announced today that on June 16, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 4492 HB 4492, which provides a mechanism for recovery of certain costs incurred by various parties, including the Company, during the extreme weather event in Texas in February 2021 the Weather Event through certain securitization structures. HB 4492 addresses securitization of i ancillary service charges above US 9,000MWh during the Weather Event; ii reliability deployment price adders charged by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. ERCOT during the Weather Event; and iii amounts owed to ERCOT due to defaults of competitive market participants, which were subsequently short-paid to market participants, including Just Energy, collectively, the Costs. 