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| 1 | 1 | 84R1098 DDT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Anchia H.B. No. 489 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to customer protections related to smart thermostat | |
| 8 | 8 | services marketing and contracts. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 17, Utilities Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 17.010 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 17.010. CUSTOMER PROTECTION; SMART THERMOSTATS. (a) | |
| 13 | 13 | The commission shall ensure that a retail electric provider or | |
| 14 | 14 | aggregator that offers to residential or small commercial customers | |
| 15 | 15 | a product or service related to smart thermostats provides to the | |
| 16 | 16 | customers in marketing communications and contract materials clear | |
| 17 | 17 | descriptions in plain language of the product or service, of the | |
| 18 | 18 | contract terms, and of customers' rights. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) The commission shall adopt and enforce rules as | |
| 20 | 20 | necessary to implement this section. Rules adopted under this | |
| 21 | 21 | section must be at least as protective of customers' interests as | |
| 22 | 22 | general commission rules regarding marketing of and contracting for | |
| 23 | 23 | electric services for residential and small commercial customers. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |