| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 986 |
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| 1 | + | By: Price, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 986 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 8, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 9, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Business & Commerce; April 29, 2019, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | + | following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 29, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter |
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| 6 | 12 | | information networks by certain non-ERCOT utilities. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.402, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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| 9 | 15 | | adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an electric utility |
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| 11 | 17 | | subject to this subchapter that elects to deploy advanced metering |
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| 12 | 18 | | and meter information networks may recover reasonable and necessary |
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| 13 | 19 | | costs incurred in deploying advanced metering and meter information |
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| 14 | 20 | | networks. An electric utility that elects to deploy advanced |
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| 15 | 21 | | metering or meter information networks is subject to commission |
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| 16 | 22 | | rules adopted under Sections 39.107(h) and (k). The commission |
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| 17 | 23 | | shall ensure that any deployment plan approved under this section |
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| 18 | 24 | | and any related customer surcharge: |
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| 19 | 25 | | (1) are not applicable to customer accounts that |
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| 20 | 26 | | receive service at transmission voltage; and |
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| 21 | 27 | | (2) are consistent with commission rules related to |
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| 22 | 28 | | advanced metering systems regarding: |
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| 23 | 29 | | (A) customer protections; |
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| 24 | 30 | | (B) data security, privacy, and ownership; and |
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| 25 | 31 | | (C) options given consumers to continue to |
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| 26 | 32 | | receive service through a non-advanced meter. |
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| 27 | 33 | | (f) An electric utility subject to this subchapter that |
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| 28 | 34 | | elects to deploy an advanced meter information network shall deploy |
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| 29 | 35 | | the network as rapidly as practicable to allow customers to better |
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| 30 | 36 | | manage energy use and control costs. |
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| 31 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 36 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 37 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 38 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 986 was passed by the House on April |
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| 39 | | - | 5, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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| 40 | | - | voting. |
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| 41 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 43 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 986 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 44 | | - | 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 45 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 47 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 48 | | - | Date |
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| 49 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 50 | | - | Governor |
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