Bill Text: TX HB2212 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the registration and regulation of customer choice consultants by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2212 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2212-Introduced.html
By: Phelan | H.B. No. 2212 |
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relating to the registration and regulation of customer choice | ||
consultants by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.3555 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.3555 REGISTRATION OF RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER CHOICE | ||
CONSULTANTS. | ||
(a) In this section, "residential electric customer | ||
consulting" means acting for profit on behalf of a residential | ||
retail customer to enroll the customer and manage on behalf of the | ||
customer the customer service plan with a retail electric provider. | ||
The term does not include: | ||
(1) Assisting a customer to select a retail electric | ||
provider without enrolling the customer and managing the customer | ||
service plan on behalf of the customer. | ||
(2) Performing the services of an aggregator under | ||
Section 39.353. | ||
(b) A person may not provide electric customer consulting | ||
services unless the person is registered with the commission as a | ||
residential customer choice consultant. | ||
(c) A residential customer choice consultant may not: | ||
(1) Sell or take title to electricity; or | ||
(2) Be affiliated with a retail electric provider. | ||
(d) A retail electric provider may not refuse to provide | ||
retail electric service to a retail customer because the customer | ||
uses a residential consumer choice consultant. | ||
(e) The commission shall approve or deny an application for | ||
registration as a residential customer choice consultant not later | ||
than the 60th day after the date the commission receives the | ||
application. | ||
(f) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section and to ensure the reliability and integrity | ||
of residential customer choice consultants, including: | ||
(1) Consumer protection requirements; | ||
(2) Disclosure requirement; and | ||
(3) Marketing guidelines | ||
SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission shall adopt rules | ||
required by Section 39.3555, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, | ||
not later than January 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |