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1	1		By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1664
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	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2025; March 11, 2025,
	3	+	read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
	4	+	March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
	5	+	Nays 0; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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6	9		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	10		AN ACT
8	11		relating to public information regarding the rates of a
9	12		transmission and distribution utility.
10	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	14		SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
12	15		amended by adding Section 39.113 to read as follows:
13	16		Sec. 39.113. RATE TRANSPARENCY. (a) A transmission and
14	17		distribution utility shall provide with each statement of intent to
15	18		change rates filed under Chapter 36, and any other filing made with
16	19		a regulatory authority under this subtitle regarding a change in
17	20		the utility's rates, a stand-alone document that shows:
18	21		(1) the change in rate that the filing would apply to
19	22		each rate class;
20	23		(2) the time period during which the proposed change
21	24		will be in effect;
22	25		(3) for a base rate increase, the anticipated total
23	26		amount of revenue the utility will receive from the increase during
24	27		the four-year period following the proposed implementation date of
25	28		the change;
26	29		(4) for a change other than a base rate change, the
27	30		anticipated total amount of revenue the utility will receive from
28	31		the change during the period in which the change is in effect;
29	32		(5) the delivery charges being imposed by the utility
30	33		at the time of the filing for an average residential customer;
31	34		(6) the anticipated delivery charges that would be
32	35		imposed by the utility for an average residential customer after
33	36		the change; and
34	37		(7) the difference between the amounts shown under
35	38		Subdivisions (5) and (6).
36	39		(b) The commission shall require the document required by
37	40		Subsection (a) to be filed in a format easily understood by the
38	41		public.
39	42		(c) If the regulatory authority proposes to enter an order
40	43		approving a change in rates described by Subsection (a) that
41	44		differs from the change initially proposed by the transmission and
42	45		distribution utility, the regulatory authority shall require the
43	46		utility to provide to the regulatory authority a new stand-alone
44	47		document that includes the information required by Subsection (a)
45	48		for the proposed change.
46	49		(d) The commission shall provide, and update at least
47	50		monthly, on the commission's Internet website or the commission's
48	51		Power to Choose Internet website information on the rates of
49	52		transmission and distribution utilities in a format easily
50	53		understood by the public.
51	54		SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
52	55		a proceeding before the Public Utility Commission of Texas or other
53	56		regulatory authority described by Section 11.003, Utilities Code,
54	57		that commences on or after the effective date of this Act. A
55	58		proceeding before the Public Utility Commission of Texas or other
56	59		regulatory authority described by Section 11.003, Utilities Code,
57	60		that commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed by
58	61		the law in effect on the date the proceeding commenced, and that law
59	62		is continued in effect for that purpose.
60	63		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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