By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 1586
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of distributed renewable generation for
certain generation systems installed on publicly owned land.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.916(a), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 39.916. INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED RENEWABLE
GENERATION. (a) In this section:
(1) "Distributed renewable generation" means electric
generation [with a capacity of not more than 2,000 kilowatts]
provided by a renewable energy technology, as defined by Section
39.904,:
(A) with a capacity of not more than 2,000
kilowatts that is installed on a retail electric customer's side of
the meter; or
(B)with a capacity of not more than 10 megawatts
that is installed on a retail electric customer's side of the meter
and on land or buildings owned by the United States, or on land or
buildings owned by this state or a political subdivision of this
state.
(2) "Distributed renewable generation owner" means:
(A) an 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.
(3) "Interconnection" means the right of a distributed
renewable generation owner to physically connect distributed
renewable generation to an electricity distribution system, and the
technical requirements, rules, or processes for the connection.
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.