Bill Text: TX HB4475 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to restoring electric service to certain vulnerable customers after a power outage.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-20 - Left pending in committee [HB4475 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4475-Introduced.html
| By: Darby | H.B. No. 4475 | |
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| relating to restoring electric service to certain vulnerable | ||
| customers after a power outage. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.0725 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.0725. PRIORITIES FOR POWER RESTORATION TO CERTAIN | ||
| CUSTOMERS. (a) The commission by rule shall require each retail | ||
| electric provider to implement a process by which a customer of the | ||
| provider may report to the provider that the customer has a serious | ||
| medical condition that requires an electric-powered device. | ||
| (b) A retail electric provider shall maintain customer | ||
| information reported under this section to allow the retail | ||
| electric provider to quickly identify vulnerable customers during a | ||
| power outage and notify the relevant transmission and distribution | ||
| utilities to prioritize those customers for power restoration. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Public Utility Commission of Texas shall adopt the | ||
| rules required by Section 38.0725, Utilities Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
