Bill Text: TX HB575 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the notice of contract expiration provided to retail electric customers by retail electric providers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-18 - Referred to State Affairs [HB575 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB575-Introduced.html
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| By: Bonnen of Galveston | H.B. No. 575 | |
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| relating to the notice of contract expiration provided to retail | ||
| electric customers by retail electric providers. | ||
| 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; [ |
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| (5) include a description of any fees or charges | ||
| associated with the early termination of the customer's fixed rate | ||
| product; and | ||
| (6) include, in 14-point boldfaced type or 14-point | ||
| uppercase letters, a notice that reads as follows: "YOUR CONTRACT | ||
| FOR FIXED RATE ELECTRICITY EXPIRES SOON. YOUR RATE MAY CHANGE WHEN | ||
| THE CONTRACT EXPIRES."[ |
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| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a notice sent on or after the effective date of this Act. A notice | ||
| sent before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
| effect at that time. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
