LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 14, 2021 TO: Honorable Kelly Hancock, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1580 by Hancock (relating to the use of securitization by electric cooperatives to address certain weather-related extraordinary costs and expenses.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. It is assumed that the costs associated with the bill's provisions relating to the use of securitization by electric cooperatives to address certain weather-related extraordinary costs and expenses could be absorbed using existing resources. Local Government ImpactAccording to the Texas Association of Counties, the bill's provisions may benefit counties and county residents who are customers of electric cooperatives by stabilizing utility bills that would otherwise increase immediately to finance recovery costs from winter storm Uri. The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time. Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Admin, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 307 Secretary of State, 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 475 Office of Public Utility Counsel LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, SZ, MB, RRE, AF
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 14, 2021
TO: Honorable Kelly Hancock, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1580 by Hancock (relating to the use of securitization by electric cooperatives to address certain weather-related extraordinary costs and expenses.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Kelly Hancock, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1580 by Hancock (relating to the use of securitization by electric cooperatives to address certain weather-related extraordinary costs and expenses.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Kelly Hancock, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
Honorable Kelly Hancock, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1580 by Hancock (relating to the use of securitization by electric cooperatives to address certain weather-related extraordinary costs and expenses.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB1580 by Hancock (relating to the use of securitization by electric cooperatives to address certain weather-related extraordinary costs and expenses.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
It is assumed that the costs associated with the bill's provisions relating to the use of securitization by electric cooperatives to address certain weather-related extraordinary costs and expenses could be absorbed using existing resources.
Local Government Impact
According to the Texas Association of Counties, the bill's provisions may benefit counties and county residents who are customers of electric cooperatives by stabilizing utility bills that would otherwise increase immediately to finance recovery costs from winter storm Uri. The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time.
Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Admin, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 307 Secretary of State, 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 475 Office of Public Utility Counsel
212 Office of Court Admin, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 307 Secretary of State, 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 475 Office of Public Utility Counsel
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, SZ, MB, RRE, AF
JMc, SZ, MB, RRE, AF