Bill Text: TX HB5145 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the sharing and protection of certain utility proprietary customer information.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-07 - Referred to State Affairs [HB5145 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB5145-Introduced.html
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| By: Thompson | H.B. No. 5145 | |
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| relating to the sharing and protection of certain utility | ||
| proprietary customer information. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 17, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 17.011 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 17.011. SHARING PROPRIETARY CUSTOMER INFORMATION. (a) | ||
| In this section, "proprietary customer information" means any | ||
| identifying information compiled by a retail electric provider | ||
| about an individual customer that may be used for communication | ||
| regarding emergencies, billing, or service-related matters, | ||
| including the customer's: | ||
| (1) name; | ||
| (2) telephone number; | ||
| (3) e-mail address; or | ||
| (4) home address. | ||
| (b) An electric utility providing electric delivery | ||
| services for a retail electric provider may request from the retail | ||
| electric provider any proprietary customer information reasonably | ||
| necessary for the electric utility to communicate with a customer | ||
| regarding an emergency affecting service, an interruption of | ||
| service, or restoration of service. The retail electric provider | ||
| shall provide to the electric utility the proprietary customer | ||
| information not later than 48 hours after the request is made. The | ||
| retail electric provider is not required to obtain a prior | ||
| verifiable authorization from the customer before complying with | ||
| this subsection. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Section 39.157(d)(4), an electric | ||
| utility may provide the proprietary customer information to another | ||
| person without prior verifiable authorization from the customer as | ||
| necessary for communication with the customer regarding an | ||
| emergency affecting service, an interruption of service, or | ||
| restoration of service. | ||
| (d) An electric utility or another person who obtains | ||
| proprietary customer information under this section: | ||
| (1) shall, for purposes of protecting the | ||
| confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the information, | ||
| establish, implement, and maintain reasonable administrative, | ||
| technical, and physical data security practices that are | ||
| appropriate to the volume and nature of the information at issue, | ||
| including encryption and secure data storage; and | ||
| (2) may not retain the information for longer than | ||
| reasonably necessary to communicate with the customer regarding an | ||
| emergency affecting service, an interruption of service, or | ||
| restoration of service. | ||
| (e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), Subchapter B, | ||
| Chapter 15, does not apply to a violation of this section. | ||
| (f) Section 15.021 applies to a violation of this section. | ||
| (g) This section does not affect the application of Chapter | ||
| 541, Business & Commerce Code, to a person that is not an electric | ||
| utility or a retail electric provider. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
