Bill Text: TX SB1012 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to rate plans offered by retail electric providers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB1012 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1012-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1012 |
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relating to rate plans offered by retail electric providers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 39.101, Utilities Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) A retail electric provider may not enroll a customer | ||
in a variable rate plan without the customer's express consent. The | ||
consent must be given in a manner that indicates the customer | ||
understands that the customer is enrolling in a variable rate plan. | ||
The retail electric provider shall provide notice that the plan | ||
includes variable rates in an easily readable font and type size. | ||
(b-2) A retail electric provider may not offer to a retail | ||
customer a rate plan that allows switching from one rate structure | ||
to another rate structure. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |