By: Davis S.B. No. 1219
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a customer's right to privacy of smart meter collected
data.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.107(b), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Metering services provided to residential customers and
to nonresidential customers other than those required by the
independent system operator to have an interval data recorder meter
shall continue to be provided by the transmission and distribution
utility affiliate of the electric utility that was serving the area
before the introduction of customer choice. Retail electric
providers serving residential and nonresidential customers other
than those required by the independent system operator to have an
interval data recorder meter may request that the transmission and
distribution utility provide specialized meters, meter features,
or add-on accessories so long as they are technically feasible and
generally available in the market and provided that the retail
electric provider pays the differential cost of such a meter or
accessory. Metering and billing services provided to residential
customers shall be governed by the customer safeguards adopted by
the commission under Section 39.101. All meter data, including all
data generated, provided, or otherwise made available, by advanced
meters and meter information networks, shall belong to a customer,
including data used to calculate charges for service, historical
load data, and any other proprietary customer information. A
customer may authorize its data to be provided to one or more retail
electric providers under rules and charges established by the
commission. An entity other than a retail electric provider or
electric utility may only have access to meter data with written
consent from a customer under rules established by the commission.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.