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1	1	S.B. No. 1094
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to purchased power costs incurred by electric utilities.
6	6	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	7	SECTION 1. Section 36.205, Utilities Code, is amended by
8	8	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
9	9	(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an electric utility may
10	10	apply to the commission for review and approval of an agreement
11	11	between the electric utility and another person for the purchase of
12	12	power by the electric utility if approval by the commission is a
13	13	pre-condition to the effectiveness of the electric utility's right
14	14	or obligation to purchase power under the agreement. This
15	15	subsection applies only to an agreement with a term of three years
16	16	or more. The commission by rule shall implement this subsection
17	17	consistent with the standards and procedures in the commission's
18	18	rules governing contested cases on certificates of convenience and
19	19	necessity for generating facilities adopted under Sections 37.056
20	20	and 37.058. This subsection expires September 1, 2033.
21	21	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
22	22	______________________________ ______________________________
23	23	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
24	24	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1094 passed the Senate on
25	25	April 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
26	26	______________________________
27	27	Secretary of the Senate
28	28	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1094 passed the House on
29	29	May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, one
30	30	present not voting.
31	31	______________________________
32	32	Chief Clerk of the House
33	33	Approved:
34	34	______________________________
35	35	Date
36	36	______________________________
37	37	Governor