Texas 2021 - 87th 3rd C.S.

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