81R6217 TJS-D
By: Davis, Wendy S.B. No. 1468
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of expiration and price change 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 EXPIRATION AND PRICE CHANGE. (a) In
this section, "fixed price contract" means a residential retail
electric service contract for which the price per kilowatt hour 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 fixed price contract is scheduled to expire, the
date the price is scheduled to change, if applicable, and the amount
of the price change. The notice must:
(1) be sent to the customer's billing address by mail
postmarked not less than 60 days before the date the price is
scheduled to change;
(2) be sent to the customer's e-mail address, if
available to the provider, not less than 60 days before the date the
price is scheduled to change; and
(3) include a statement that reads: "You may shop for
electricity providers at http://www.powertochoose.org."
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.