By: Schwertner S.R. No. 562
SENATE RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on
Senate Bill 3 (preparing for, preventing, and responding to
weather emergencies and power outages; increasing the amount of
administrative and civil penalties) to consider and take action
on the following matter:
(1) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the
committee to omit text not in disagreement by omitting proposed
Sections 39.110(a) and (b), Utilities Code. The omitted text
prohibited the offering of certain wholesale indexed electric
products to residential or small commercial customers. The
omitted text reads:
Sec. 39.110. WHOLESALE INDEXED PRODUCTS PROHIBITED. (a)
In this section, "wholesale indexed product" means a retail
electric product in which the price a customer pays for
electricity includes a direct pass-through of real-time
settlement point prices determined by the independent
organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power
region.
(b) A retail electric provider may not offer a wholesale
indexed product to a residential or small commercial customer.
Sec. 39.110. WHOLESALE INDEXED PRODUCTS. (a) In this
section, "wholesale indexed product" means a retail electric
product in which the price a customer pays for electricity
includes a direct pass-through of real-time settlement point
prices determined by the independent organization certified
under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an aggregator,
a broker, or a retail electric provider may not offer a wholesale
indexed product to a residential or small commercial customer.
Explanation: The omission of the text is necessary to
remove the prohibition of the offering of certain wholesale
indexed electric products to residential or small commercial
customers.
(2) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the
committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house
or senate version of the bill by adding proposed SECTION 37 of the
bill:
SECTION 37. The Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security
and Mapping Committee shall produce the map required under
Section 38.203, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, not later
than September 1, 2022.
Explanation: The addition of the text is necessary to
require the Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping
Committee to produce the map required under added Section 38.203,
Utilities Code, not later than September 1, 2022.
_______________________________
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 30, 2021, by
the following vote: Yeas 31,
Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate