By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1664
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public information regarding the rates of a
transmission and distribution utility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.113 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.113. RATE TRANSPARENCY. (a) A transmission and
distribution utility shall provide with each statement of intent to
change rates filed under Chapter 36, and any other filing made with
a regulatory authority under this subtitle regarding a change in
the utility's rates, a stand-alone document that shows:
(1) the change in rate that the filing would apply to
each rate class;
(2) the time period during which the proposed change
will be in effect;
(3) for a base rate increase, the anticipated total
amount of revenue the utility will receive from the increase during
the four-year period following the proposed implementation date of
the change;
(4) for a change other than a base rate change, the
anticipated total amount of revenue the utility will receive from
the change during the period in which the change is in effect;
(5) the delivery charges being imposed by the utility
at the time of the filing for an average residential customer;
(6) the anticipated delivery charges that would be
imposed by the utility for an average residential customer after
the change; and
(7) the difference between the amounts shown under
Subdivisions (5) and (6).
(b) The commission shall require the document required by
Subsection (a) to be filed in a format easily understood by the
public.
(c) If the regulatory authority proposes to enter an order
approving a change in rates described by Subsection (a) that
differs from the change initially proposed by the transmission and
distribution utility, the regulatory authority shall require the
utility to provide to the regulatory authority a new stand-alone
document that includes the information required by Subsection (a)
for the proposed change.
(d) The commission shall provide, and update at least
monthly, on the commission's Internet website or the commission's
Power to Choose Internet website information on the rates of
transmission and distribution utilities in a format easily
understood by the public.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a proceeding before the Public Utility Commission of Texas or other
regulatory authority described by Section 11.003, Utilities Code,
that commences on or after the effective date of this Act. A
proceeding before the Public Utility Commission of Texas or other
regulatory authority described by Section 11.003, Utilities Code,
that commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect on the date the proceeding commenced, and that law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.