S.B. No. 981
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of distributed renewable generation of
electricity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Subsection (a), Section 39.916,
Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows:
(2) "Distributed renewable generation owner" means:
(A) an [the] owner of distributed renewable
generation;
(B) a retail electric customer on whose side of
the meter distributed renewable generation is installed and
operated, regardless of whether the customer takes ownership of the
distributed renewable generation; or
(C) a person who by contract is assigned
ownership rights to energy produced from distributed renewable
generation located at the premises of the customer on the
customer's side of the meter.
SECTION 2. Section 39.916, Utilities Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) Neither a retail electric customer that uses
distributed renewable generation nor the owner of the distributed
renewable generation that the retail electric customer uses is an
electric utility, power generation company, or retail electric
provider for the purposes of this title and neither is required to
register with or be certified by the commission if at the time
distributed renewable generation is installed, the estimated
annual amount of electricity to be produced by the distributed
renewable generation is less than or equal to the retail electric
customer's estimated annual electricity consumption.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 981 passed the Senate on
April 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 27, 2011, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 981 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor