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| 1 | 1 | 89R4321 JXC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Cook S.B. No. 272 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to electric utility planning and cost recovery for | |
| 10 | 10 | enhancing service reliability for vulnerable customers. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 38.078(d), Utilities Code, as added by | |
| 13 | 13 | Chapter 836 (H.B. 2555), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | |
| 14 | 14 | Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (d) In determining whether to approve a plan filed under | |
| 16 | 16 | this section, the commission shall consider: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) the extent to which the plan is expected to enhance | |
| 18 | 18 | system resiliency, including whether the plan prioritizes areas of | |
| 19 | 19 | lower performance; | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) the extent to which the plan is expected to enhance | |
| 21 | 21 | service reliability for vulnerable customers, including elderly | |
| 22 | 22 | persons and persons with a disability; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (3) [(2)] the estimated costs of implementing the | |
| 24 | 24 | measures proposed in the plan. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |