Bill Text: TX HB199 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of an electric utility to impose a rate or charge on an owner of solar or wind electric generation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-20 - Referred to State Affairs [HB199 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB199-Introduced.html
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| By: Pickett | H.B. No. 199 | |
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| relating to the authority of an electric utility to impose a rate or | ||
| charge on an owner of solar or wind electric generation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 36, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 36.066 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 36.066. LIMITATIONS ON RATES OR CHARGES IMPOSED ON | ||
| SOLAR OR WIND ELECTRIC GENERATION OWNERS. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Distributed solar or wind renewable generation" | ||
| means electric generation that is installed on a retail electric | ||
| customer's side of the meter and uses an energy source derived | ||
| directly: | ||
| (A) from the sun; or | ||
| (B) from wind. | ||
| (2) "Distributed solar or wind renewable generation | ||
| owner" means: | ||
| (A) an owner of distributed solar or wind | ||
| renewable generation; | ||
| (B) a retail electric customer on whose side of | ||
| the meter distributed solar or wind renewable generation is | ||
| installed and operated, regardless of whether the customer takes | ||
| ownership of the distributed solar or wind renewable generation; or | ||
| (C) a person who by contract is assigned | ||
| ownership rights to energy produced from distributed solar or wind | ||
| renewable generation located at the premises of the customer on the | ||
| customer's side of the meter. | ||
| (b) An electric utility may not impose on residential | ||
| customers who are distributed solar or wind renewable generation | ||
| owners: | ||
| (1) a rate or charge that applies only to those | ||
| customers; or | ||
| (2) a rate or charge that is significantly higher than | ||
| a similar charge imposed on residential customers who are not | ||
| distributed solar or wind renewable generation owners. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a rate or charge finally approved on or after the effective date | ||
| of this Act. A rate or charge finally approved before that date is | ||
| governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
| of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect December 1, 2017. | ||
