 TORONTO, March 03, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Just Energy Group Inc. Just Energy or the Company TSX:JE; NYSE:JE, a retail energy provider specializing in electricity and natural gas commodities and bringing energy efficient solutions and renewable energy options to customers and carbon offsets, announced today that it has filed a petition with the Public Utility Commission the Commission requesting an order that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ERCOT deviate from the deadlines and timing in its Protocols and Market Guides related to settlements, collateral obligations, and invoice payments and suspend the execution or issuance of invoices or settlements for intervals during the dates of February 14, 2021 through February 19, 2021, until issues related to the catastrophic winter event of February 2021 raised by executive and legislative branches of the Texas authorities are investigated, addressed, and resolved. Alternatively, Just Energy requested that the Commission grant a waiver of certain ERCOT Protocols to allow Just Energy to delay payment of certain invoices related to the Weather Event as defined below while exercising its rights under the ERCOT Protocols to dispute the invoiced payment amounts. 