81R6470 TJS-D
By: Geren H.B. No. 1160
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of contract expiration in retail electric
service contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.112 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.112. NOTICE OF CONTRACT EXPIRATION. (a) In this
section, "fixed price contract" means a residential retail electric
service contract for a term of six months or more in which the price
for each billing period is stated in the contract and does not
change throughout the term of the contract. The term does not
include month-to-month service.
(b) A retail electric provider shall provide a residential
customer who has a fixed price contract with written notification
of the date the contract is scheduled to expire. The notice must be
sent to the customer's billing address by mail postmarked not less
than 60 days before the date the contract is scheduled to expire.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a contract for retail electric service entered into or renewed on
or after the effective date of this Act. A contract for retail
electric service entered into or renewed before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before
the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.