LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 24, 2009 TO: Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB2349 by Ogden (Relating to distributed generation of electric power by natural gas powered generation facilities. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would establish a definition of a distributed natural gas generation facility and would authorize distributed natural gas generation facility owners to sell power. The bill would require electric utilities, electric cooperatives or retail electric providers either to purchase power at a fair market price or to allow the owner or operator of the facility to use the transmission and distribution facilities to transmit the electric power to another market, in accordance with commission rules. The bill would authorize the Public Utility Commission (PUC) to adopt rules to establish simplified filing requirements for distributed natural gas generation facilities. The PUC would be required to conduct a rulemaking to conform existing rules to the provisions of the bill. Based on the analysis of the PUC, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:473 Public Utility Commission of Texas LBB Staff: JOB, ES, JRO
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 24, 2009
TO: Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB2349 by Ogden (Relating to distributed generation of electric power by natural gas powered generation facilities. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB2349 by Ogden (Relating to distributed generation of electric power by natural gas powered generation facilities. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB2349 by Ogden (Relating to distributed generation of electric power by natural gas powered generation facilities. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB2349 by Ogden (Relating to distributed generation of electric power by natural gas powered generation facilities. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would establish a definition of a distributed natural gas generation facility and would authorize distributed natural gas generation facility owners to sell power. The bill would require electric utilities, electric cooperatives or retail electric providers either to purchase power at a fair market price or to allow the owner or operator of the facility to use the transmission and distribution facilities to transmit the electric power to another market, in accordance with commission rules. The bill would authorize the Public Utility Commission (PUC) to adopt rules to establish simplified filing requirements for distributed natural gas generation facilities. The PUC would be required to conduct a rulemaking to conform existing rules to the provisions of the bill. Based on the analysis of the PUC, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources.
The bill would establish a definition of a distributed natural gas generation facility and would authorize distributed natural gas generation facility owners to sell power. The bill would require electric utilities, electric cooperatives or retail electric providers either to purchase power at a fair market price or to allow the owner or operator of the facility to use the transmission and distribution facilities to transmit the electric power to another market, in accordance with commission rules. The bill would authorize the Public Utility Commission (PUC) to adopt rules to establish simplified filing requirements for distributed natural gas generation facilities.
The PUC would be required to conduct a rulemaking to conform existing rules to the provisions of the bill. Based on the analysis of the PUC, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas
473 Public Utility Commission of Texas
LBB Staff: JOB, ES, JRO
JOB, ES, JRO