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| 1 | 1 | 84R5586 DDT-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 992 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to recovery of costs for pilot programs to measure energy | |
| 8 | 8 | savings that result from water conservation programs. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 39.905, Utilities Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (l) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (l) As part of an electric utility's energy efficiency | |
| 13 | 13 | incentive programs, an electric utility in conjunction with a | |
| 14 | 14 | municipally owned water utility may design and implement a pilot | |
| 15 | 15 | program to measure energy savings achieved as a result of the | |
| 16 | 16 | implementation of one or more water conservation programs | |
| 17 | 17 | administered by the water utility. The electric utility may | |
| 18 | 18 | recover reasonable costs for the program through its energy | |
| 19 | 19 | efficiency cost recovery factor under Subsection (b)(1) in addition | |
| 20 | 20 | to the costs the electric utility would have otherwise recovered | |
| 21 | 21 | through the energy efficiency cost recovery factor. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall | |
| 23 | 23 | adopt rules as necessary to implement Section 39.905(l), Utilities | |
| 24 | 24 | Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2016. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |