| 1 | 1 | | By: Rodriguez, Van de Putte S.B. No. 1586 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2013; March 19, 2013, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; |
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| 4 | 4 | | May 2, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 2, 2013, |
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| 6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1586 By: Watson |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to distributed renewable generation of electricity. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Subsection (a), Section 39.916, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) "Distributed renewable generation" means electric |
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| 17 | 17 | | generation [with a capacity of not more than 2,000 kilowatts] |
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| 18 | 18 | | provided by a renewable energy technology, as defined by Section |
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| 19 | 19 | | 39.904: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (A) with a capacity of not more than 2,000 |
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| 21 | 21 | | kilowatts[,] that is installed on a retail electric customer's side |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the meter; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) with a capacity of not more than five |
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| 24 | 24 | | megawatts that is installed on a retail electric customer's side of |
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| 25 | 25 | | the meter and is located on land or in a facility owned by this state |
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| 26 | 26 | | or a school district; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (C) with a capacity of not more than 10 megawatts |
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| 28 | 28 | | that is installed on land or in a facility owned by the federal |
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| 29 | 29 | | government. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 39.916, Utilities Code, |
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| 31 | 31 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) A transmission and distribution utility or electric |
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| 33 | 33 | | utility shall allow interconnection if: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) the distributed renewable generation to be |
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| 35 | 35 | | interconnected has a five-year warranty against breakdown or undue |
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| 36 | 36 | | degradation; [and] |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) the rated capacity of the distributed renewable |
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| 38 | 38 | | generation does not exceed the transmission and distribution |
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| 39 | 39 | | utility or electric utility service capacity; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (3) for distributed renewable generation described by |
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| 41 | 41 | | Subsection (a)(1)(B) or (C), the commission has not made a finding |
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| 42 | 42 | | that the interconnection of the generation will impair reliability |
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| 43 | 43 | | or increase customer costs. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 45 | 45 | | of this Act, the Public Utility Commission of Texas shall adopt and |
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| 46 | 46 | | implement rules as necessary to accommodate the interconnection of |
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| 47 | 47 | | distributed renewable generation described by Paragraphs (B) and |
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| 48 | 48 | | (C), Subdivision (1), Subsection (a), Section 39.916, Utilities |
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| 49 | 49 | | Code, as added by this Act, to an electricity distribution system. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 51 | 51 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 52 | 52 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 55 | 55 | | * * * * * |
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