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| 1 | + | 89R1749 ANG-F | |
| 1 | 2 | By: Moody H.B. No. 912 | |
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| 6 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 7 | relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation | |
| 9 | 8 | owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT. | |
| 10 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | - | SECTION 1. Section 39.554, Utilities Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | - | amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (i) to read as | |
| 13 | - | follows: | |
| 10 | + | SECTION 1. Section 39.554(f), Utilities Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | + | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 12 | (f) Unless the commission approves an alternative method | |
| 15 | 13 | for compensating a distributed renewable generation owner for | |
| 16 | 14 | electricity generated by distributed renewable generation or a | |
| 17 | 15 | qualifying facility, for [For] a distributed renewable generation | |
| 18 | 16 | owner that chooses interconnection through a single meter under | |
| 19 | 17 | Subsection (e): | |
| 20 | 18 | (1) the amount of electricity the owner generates | |
| 21 | 19 | through distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility | |
| 22 | 20 | for a given billing period offsets the owner's consumption for that | |
| 23 | 21 | billing period; and | |
| 24 | 22 | (2) any electricity the owner generates through | |
| 25 | 23 | distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility that | |
| 26 | 24 | exceeds the owner's consumption for a given billing period shall be | |
| 27 | 25 | credited to the owner under Subsection (g). | |
| 28 | - | (i) Before approving an alternative method for compensating | |
| 29 | - | a distributed renewable generation owner for electricity generated | |
| 30 | - | by distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility, the | |
| 31 | - | commission shall require the electric utility to conduct and submit | |
| 32 | - | to the commission a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis using | |
| 33 | - | established best practices to justify the rates of compensation and | |
| 34 | - | any associated fees. The commission must consider the | |
| 35 | - | comprehensive cost-benefit analysis before approving alternative | |
| 36 | - | rates for compensating distributed renewable generation owners or | |
| 37 | - | the continuation of net metering, including any rates or fees that | |
| 38 | - | apply only to distributed renewable generation owners and reflect | |
| 39 | - | the value provided by the distributed renewable generation or | |
| 40 | - | qualifying facility. | |
| 41 | - | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2026. | |
| 26 | + | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |