Bill Text: TX HB425 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the notice provided to retail electric customers by retail electric providers of contract expiration.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-11 - Referred to State Affairs [HB425 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB425-Introduced.html

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83R77 ALL-D
By: Burkett H.B. No. 425

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notice provided to retail electric customers by
retail electric providers of contract expiration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.112(b), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A retail electric provider shall provide a residential
customer who has a fixed rate product with at least one written
notice of the date the fixed rate product will expire. The notice
must:
(1) be sent to the customer's billing address by mail
at least 30, but not more than 60, days preceding the date the
contract will expire;
(2) be sent to the customer's e-mail address, if
available to the provider and if the customer has agreed to receive
notices electronically, at least 30, but not more than 60, days
preceding the date the contract will expire;
(3) include on the outside of the envelope in which the
notice is sent, a statement that reads: "Contract Expiration
Notice. See Enclosed.";
(4) if included with a customer's bill, be printed on a
separate page; [and]
(5) include a description of any fees or charges
associated with the early termination of the customer's fixed rate
product; and
(6) include a statement that informs the customer
that, if the customer takes no action in response to the notice, the
provider may provide the customer:
(A) a different product for which the price the
customer is to pay is different from the current product; or
(B) a variable price product.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.