84R5586 DDT-F
By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 992
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to recovery of costs for pilot programs to measure energy
savings that result from water conservation programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.905, Utilities Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
(l) As part of an electric utility's energy efficiency
incentive programs, an electric utility in conjunction with a
municipally owned water utility may design and implement a pilot
program to measure energy savings achieved as a result of the
implementation of one or more water conservation programs
administered by the water utility. The electric utility may
recover reasonable costs for the program through its energy
efficiency cost recovery factor under Subsection (b)(1) in addition
to the costs the electric utility would have otherwise recovered
through the energy efficiency cost recovery factor.
SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall
adopt rules as necessary to implement Section 39.905(l), Utilities
Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2016.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.