Bill Text: TX HB912 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2025-05-20 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1, 2026 [HB912 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB912-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 912 | ||
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| relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation | ||
| owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 39.554, Utilities Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (i) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (f) Unless the commission approves an alternative method | ||
| for compensating a distributed renewable generation owner for | ||
| electricity generated by distributed renewable generation or a | ||
| qualifying facility, for [ |
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| owner that chooses interconnection through a single meter under | ||
| Subsection (e): | ||
| (1) the amount of electricity the owner generates | ||
| through distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility | ||
| for a given billing period offsets the owner's consumption for that | ||
| billing period; and | ||
| (2) any electricity the owner generates through | ||
| distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility that | ||
| exceeds the owner's consumption for a given billing period shall be | ||
| credited to the owner under Subsection (g). | ||
| (i) Before approving an alternative method for compensating | ||
| a distributed renewable generation owner for electricity generated | ||
| by distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility, the | ||
| commission shall require the electric utility to conduct and submit | ||
| to the commission a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis using | ||
| established best practices to justify the rates of compensation and | ||
| any associated fees. The commission must consider the | ||
| comprehensive cost-benefit analysis before approving alternative | ||
| rates for compensating distributed renewable generation owners or | ||
| the continuation of net metering, including any rates or fees that | ||
| apply only to distributed renewable generation owners and reflect | ||
| the value provided by the distributed renewable generation or | ||
| qualifying facility. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2026. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 912 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 9, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 912 was passed by the Senate on May 7, | ||
| 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
