87R11427 JXC-D
By: Crockett H.B. No. 2563
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the interconnection of a solar energy device to an
electricity distribution system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.9165 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.9165. SOLAR ENERGY DEVICE OWNER RIGHTS. (a) In
this section, "solar energy device" has the meaning assigned by
Section 185.001.
(b) A transmission and distribution utility or electric
utility must allow the owner of a solar energy device that is
interconnected to the utility's electricity distribution system,
at the discretion of the owner, to:
(1) decline to sell electricity produced by the solar
energy device to the distribution system; or
(2) temporarily disconnect from the utility's
electricity distribution system to use on site the electricity
produced by the solar energy device during a power outage or
interruption.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an original contract entered into on or after the effective date of
this Act. An original contract entered into before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately
before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.