Bill Text: TX SB1041 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the repeal of the goal for natural gas use.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-16 - Referred to Natural Resources [SB1041 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1041-Introduced.html
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By: Hegar | S.B. No. 1041 |
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relating to the repeal of the goal for natural gas use. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 39.9044 and 39.9048, Utilities Code, | ||
are repealed. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 40.004, Utilities Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 40.004. JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION. Except as | ||
specifically otherwise provided in this chapter, the commission has | ||
jurisdiction over municipally owned utilities only for the | ||
following purposes: | ||
(1) to regulate wholesale transmission rates and | ||
service, including terms of access, to the extent provided by | ||
Subchapter A, Chapter 35; | ||
(2) to regulate certification of retail service areas | ||
to the extent provided by Chapter 37; | ||
(3) to regulate rates on appeal under Subchapters D | ||
and E, Chapter 33, subject to Section 40.051(c); | ||
(4) to establish a code of conduct as provided by | ||
Section 39.157(e) applicable to anticompetitive activities and to | ||
affiliate activities limited to structurally unbundled affiliates | ||
of municipally owned utilities, subject to Section 40.054; | ||
(5) to establish terms and conditions for open access | ||
to transmission and distribution facilities for municipally owned | ||
utilities providing customer choice, as provided by Section 39.203; | ||
(6) to require collection of the nonbypassable fee | ||
established under Section 39.903(b) and to administer the renewable | ||
energy credits program under Section 39.904(b) [ |
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(7) to require reports of municipally owned utility | ||
operations only to the extent necessary to: | ||
(A) enable the commission to determine the | ||
aggregate load and energy requirements of the state and the | ||
resources available to serve that load; or | ||
(B) enable the commission to determine | ||
information relating to market power as provided by Section 39.155. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |