Bill Text: TX HB3624 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain distributed electricity resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3624 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3624-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Deshotel | H.B. No. 3624 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3624: | |||
| By: Paddie | C.S.H.B. No. 3624 | ||
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| relating to certain distributed electricity resources. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter F to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER F. DISTRIBUTED RENEWABLE GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTED | ||
| ENERGY STORAGE | ||
| Sec. 35.201. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Distributed renewable generation" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 39.916. | ||
| (2) "Distributed energy storage" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 39.9165. | ||
| Sec. 35.202. OWNER OR OPERATOR USE. (a) An owner or | ||
| operator of distributed renewable generation or distributed energy | ||
| storage that is installed on the retail electric customer's side of | ||
| the meter is entitled to use the generation or storage to sell | ||
| electricity or ancillary services at wholesale in a manner | ||
| consistent with the provisions of this title. | ||
| (b) A retail electric customer described by Subsection (a) | ||
| is not required to register as a power generation company under | ||
| Section 39.351(a). | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 39.9165 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.9165. DEVICES USED WITH DISTRIBUTED RENEWABLE | ||
| GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTED ENERGY STORAGE. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Distributed renewable generation" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 39.916. | ||
| (2) "Distributed energy storage" means electric | ||
| energy storage with a capacity of not more than 2,000 kilowatts that | ||
| is installed on a retail electric customer's side of the meter. | ||
| (3) "Owner" means: | ||
| (A) an owner of distributed renewable | ||
| generation; | ||
| (B) an owner of distributed energy storage; | ||
| (C) an owner of distributed renewable generation | ||
| and distributed energy storage; | ||
| (D) a retail electric customer on whose side of | ||
| the meter distributed renewable generation or distributed energy | ||
| storage is installed and operated regardless of whether the | ||
| customer takes ownership of the generation or storage; or | ||
| (E) a person who by contract is assigned | ||
| ownership rights to energy produced from distributed renewable | ||
| generation or distributed energy storage located at the premises of | ||
| the customer on the customer's side of the meter. | ||
| (b) An electric utility shall allow an owner to use an | ||
| owner-supplied, UL-certified device designed to isolate and | ||
| disconnect household loads on the retail electric customer's side | ||
| of the meter. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
