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| 1 | 1 | 84R9825 DDT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Turner of Harris H.B. No. 2254 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to certain fees, charges, or credits based on a customer's | |
| 8 | 8 | electricity use in areas where competition has been introduced. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 39.113 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 39.113. CERTAIN USAGE FEES OR CREDITS. A retail | |
| 13 | 13 | electric provider may not bill a customer for a charge or fee or | |
| 14 | 14 | award a customer a bill credit based on whether the customer has | |
| 15 | 15 | used at least a certain amount of electricity in a particular | |
| 16 | 16 | period. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 18 | 18 | to a contract between a customer and a retail electric provider | |
| 19 | 19 | entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract | |
| 20 | 20 | between a customer and a retail electric provider entered into | |
| 21 | 21 | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | |
| 22 | 22 | effect when the contract was entered into, and the former law is | |
| 23 | 23 | continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |