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| 1 | 1 | By: Geren H.B. No. 3797 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to suspending the goal for renewable energy. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 39.904, Utilities Code, is amended by | |
| 9 | 9 | amending Subsection (n) to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | (n) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the | |
| 11 | 11 | commission shall have the authority to cap the price of renewable | |
| 12 | 12 | energy credits and may suspend the goal contained in Subsection (a) | |
| 13 | 13 | if such suspension is necessary to protect the reliability and | |
| 14 | 14 | operation of the grid. The commission shall suspend the goal | |
| 15 | 15 | contained in subsection (a) if a national renewable portfolio | |
| 16 | 16 | standard is enacted under federal law and such standard would, when | |
| 17 | 17 | combined with the goal in subsection (a), increase costs to | |
| 18 | 18 | consumers in this state. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |