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1	1	87S10813 JXC-D
2	2	By: Reynolds H.B. No. 247
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to demand response programs.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 17.003(d-1), Utilities Code, as added by
10	10	S.B. No. 3, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(d-1) An electric utility providing electric delivery
13	13	service for a retail electric provider, as defined by Section
14	14	31.002, shall provide to the retail electric provider, and the
15	15	retail electric provider shall periodically provide to the retail
16	16	electric provider's retail customers together with bills sent to
17	17	the customers, information about:
18	18	(1) the electric utility's procedures for implementing
19	19	involuntary load shedding initiated by the independent
20	20	organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power
21	21	region;
22	22	(2) the types of customers who may be considered
23	23	critical care residential customers, critical load industrial
24	24	customers, or critical load according to commission rules adopted
25	25	under Section 38.076;
26	26	(3) the procedure for a customer to apply to be
27	27	considered a critical care residential customer, a critical load
28	28	industrial customer, or critical load according to commission rules
29	29	adopted under Section 38.076; [and]
30	30	(4) reducing electricity use at times when involuntary
31	31	load shedding events may be implemented; and
32	32	(5) the procedure for a residential or commercial
33	33	customer to participate in a voluntary demand response program
34	34	through the electric utility or a demand response provider to
35	35	reduce electricity use during times of peak demand, including
36	36	during an involuntary load shedding event.
37	37	SECTION 2. Section 17.005(f), Utilities Code, as added by
38	38	S.B. No. 3, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is
39	39	amended to read as follows:
40	40	(f) A municipally owned utility shall periodically provide
41	41	with bills sent to retail customers of the utility information
42	42	about:
43	43	(1) the utility's procedure for implementing
44	44	involuntary load shedding;
45	45	(2) the types of customers who may be considered
46	46	critical care residential customers, critical load industrial
47	47	customers, or critical load according to commission rules adopted
48	48	under Section 38.076;
49	49	(3) the procedure for a customer to apply to be
50	50	considered a critical care residential customer, a critical load
51	51	industrial customer, or critical load according to commission rules
52	52	adopted under Section 38.076; [and]
53	53	(4) reducing electricity use at times when involuntary
54	54	load shedding events may be implemented; and
55	55	(5) the procedure for a residential or commercial
56	56	customer to participate in a voluntary demand response program
57	57	through the utility or a demand response provider to reduce
58	58	electricity use during times of peak demand, including during an
59	59	involuntary load shedding event.
60	60	SECTION 3. Section 17.006(f), Utilities Code, as added by
61	61	S.B. No. 3, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is
62	62	amended to read as follows:
63	63	(f) An electric cooperative shall periodically provide with
64	64	bills sent to retail customers of the cooperative information
65	65	about:
66	66	(1) the cooperative's procedure for implementing
67	67	involuntary load shedding;
68	68	(2) the types of customers who may be considered
69	69	critical care residential customers, critical load industrial
70	70	customers, or critical load according to commission rules adopted
71	71	under Section 38.076;
72	72	(3) the procedure for a customer to apply to be
73	73	considered a critical care residential customer, a critical load
74	74	industrial customer, or critical load according to commission rules
75	75	adopted under Section 38.076; [and]
76	76	(4) reducing electricity use at times when involuntary
77	77	load shedding events may be implemented; and
78	78	(5) the procedure for a residential or commercial
79	79	customer to participate in a voluntary demand response program
80	80	through the cooperative or a demand response provider to reduce
81	81	electricity use during times of peak demand, including during an
82	82	involuntary load shedding event.
83	83	SECTION 4. Section 39.101(b), Utilities Code, is amended to
84	84	read as follows:
85	85	(b) A customer is entitled:
86	86	(1) to be informed about rights and opportunities in
87	87	the transition to a competitive electric industry;
88	88	(2) to choose the customer's retail electric provider
89	89	consistent with this chapter, to have that choice honored, and to
90	90	assume that the customer's chosen provider will not be changed
91	91	without the customer's informed consent;
92	92	(3) to have access to providers of energy efficiency
93	93	services, to on-site distributed generation, and to providers of
94	94	energy generated by renewable energy resources;
95	95	(4) to be served by a provider of last resort that
96	96	offers a commission-approved standard service package;
97	97	(5) to receive sufficient information to make an
98	98	informed choice of service provider;
99	99	(6) to be protected from unfair, misleading, or
100	100	deceptive practices, including protection from being billed for
101	101	services that were not authorized or provided; [and]
102	102	(7) to have an impartial and prompt resolution of
103	103	disputes with its chosen retail electric provider and transmission
104	104	and distribution utility; and
105	105	(8) to participate in demand response programs
106	106	through:
107	107	(A) retail electric providers; and
108	108	(B) demand response providers.
109	109	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
110	110	last day of the legislative session.