| 1 | 1 | | 81R4753 TJS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 618 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of net metering by certain electric utilities. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.107, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | amending Subsection (i), as added by Chapter 939 (H.B. 3693), Acts |
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| 11 | 11 | | of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and adding |
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| 12 | 12 | | Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (i) Subject to the restrictions in Subsection (h), it is the |
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| 14 | 14 | | intent of the legislature that [net metering and] advanced meter |
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| 15 | 15 | | information networks be deployed as rapidly as possible to allow |
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| 16 | 16 | | customers to better manage energy use and control costs, and to |
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| 17 | 17 | | facilitate demand response initiatives. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (k) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall |
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| 19 | 19 | | adopt rules and standards under which a retail electric provider, |
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| 20 | 20 | | electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, or transmission |
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| 21 | 21 | | and distribution utility shall offer net metering service as |
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| 22 | 22 | | defined by the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1978 (16 U.S.C. Section 2621(d)(11)) to all residential customers |
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| 24 | 24 | | as soon as practicable but not later than January 1, 2010. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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