By: Moody (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) H.B. No. 4542
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2023;
May 15, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 21, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
SchwertnerX
KingX
BirdwellX
CampbellX
CreightonX
JohnsonX
KolkhorstX
MenéndezX
MiddletonX
NicholsX
ZaffiriniX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation
owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.554(f), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(f) Unless the commission approves an alternative method
for compensating a distributed renewable generation owner for
electricity generated by distributed renewable generation or a
qualifying facility, for [For] a distributed renewable generation
owner that chooses interconnection through a single meter under
Subsection (e):
(1) the amount of electricity the owner generates
through distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility
for a given billing period offsets the owner's consumption for that
billing period; and
(2) any electricity the owner generates through
distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility that
exceeds the owner's consumption for a given billing period shall be
credited to the owner under Subsection (g).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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