Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	81R8842 JJT-D
2	2	By: Farabee H.B. No. 1643
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to net metering for retail electric service customers and
8	8	compensation for excess electricity generated by certain renewable
9	9	energy technology generators.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Section 39.923 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 39.923. NET METERING AND FAIR MARKET COMPENSATION OF
14	14	ON-SITE ENERGY PRODUCTION FOR RETAIL CUSTOMERS. (a) In this
15	15	section:
16	16	(1) "Net metering service" means electric service for
17	17	which a retail electric provider's customer is:
18	18	(A) billed according to the difference between
19	19	the amount of electricity provided by the retail electric provider
20	20	to the customer during a billing period and the amount of
21	21	electricity delivered from the customer's side of the meter using
22	22	renewable energy technology; and
23	23	(B) credited over an annualized period for the
24	24	amount of electricity delivered from the customer's side of the
25	25	meter using renewable energy technology when that amount is greater
26	26	than the amount the retail electric provider delivers to the
27	27	customer.
28	28	(2) "Renewable energy technology" has the meaning
29	29	assigned by Section 39.904(d).
30	30	(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule
31	31	shall require an electric utility, retail electric provider,
32	32	electric cooperative, or municipally owned utility to offer net
33	33	metering service to all retail customers of the utility, provider,
34	34	or cooperative who have an eligible on-site generating facility
35	35	that generates electricity using renewable energy technology. In
36	36	developing rules under this subsection, the commission shall
37	37	consider model net metering rules published by the Interstate
38	38	Renewable Energy Council and similar model rules.
39	39	(c) Rules adopted under Subsection (b) must provide:
40	40	(1) that a retail customer is entitled to compensation
41	41	at fair market value for metered electricity produced by the
42	42	customer's eligible on-site renewable energy technology generating
43	43	facility and delivered to the electric transmission grid;
44	44	(2) that, to the extent a retail customer earns a
45	45	credit for the value of the customer's electricity delivered to the
46	46	electric transmission grid, the electric utility, retail electric
47	47	provider, electric cooperative, or municipally owned utility must
48	48	pay the customer the excess value or allow the credit to offset
49	49	later charges that accrue; and
50	50	(3) for a retail customer to receive payment for
51	51	excess energy credits from the utility, provider, or cooperative if
52	52	the customer terminates service.
53	53	(d) The commission by rule may establish standards an
54	54	on-site renewable energy technology generating facility must meet
55	55	to be eligible for compensation under Subsection (b), including
56	56	standards for generating facility equipment and for
57	57	interconnection. The standards must be designed so that
58	58	small-scale renewable energy technology generating facilities
59	59	located at residential and business addresses are eligible for the
60	60	compensation.
61	61	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
62	62	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
63	63	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
64	64	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
65	65	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.