By: Y. Davis of Dallas H.J.R. No. 218
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the use of money
from the Texas energy fund for energy efficiency projects conducted
to benefit retail electric customers.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 49-q(b), Article III, Texas
Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
(b) As provided by general law, money in the Texas energy
fund may be administered and used, without further appropriation,
only by the Public Utility Commission of Texas or that commission's
successor in function to provide loans and grants to any entity to
finance or incentivize the construction, maintenance,
modernization, and operation of electric generating facilities,
including associated infrastructure, necessary to ensure the
reliability or adequacy of an electric power grid in this state and
to finance energy efficiency projects conducted to benefit retail
electric customers. The commission shall allocate money from the
fund for loans and grants to eligible projects:
(1) for electric generating facilities that serve as
backup power sources; and
(2) in each region of the state that is part of an
electric power grid in proportion to that region's load share.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the use of
money from the Texas energy fund for energy efficiency projects
conducted to benefit retail electric customers."