Bill Text: TX SB1252 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate the installation or inspection of a residential energy backup system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-03-11 - Scheduled for public hearing on . . . [SB1252 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB1252-Introduced.html
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| By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 1252 | |
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| relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate the | ||
| installation or inspection of a residential energy backup system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 214.211, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows: | ||
| (6) "Residential energy backup system" means a backup | ||
| energy system installed at a residential property that is capable | ||
| of providing no more than 50 kilowatts of electricity to the | ||
| residence or has a storage capacity of no more than 100 kilowatt | ||
| hours. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 214.214, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) A municipality may not adopt or enforce an amendment to | ||
| the National Electrical Code that would regulate the installation | ||
| or inspection of a residential energy backup system. | ||
| SECTION 3. The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 229, Local | ||
| Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER C. REGULATION OF SOLAR ENERGY AND BACKUP ENERGY DEVICES | ||
| SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 229, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 229.102 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 229.102. REGULATION OF RESIDENTIAL ENERGY BACKUP | ||
| SYSTEMS. (a) In this section, "residential energy backup system" | ||
| means a backup energy system installed at a residential property | ||
| that is capable of providing no more than 50 kilowatts of | ||
| electricity to the residence or has a storage capacity of no more | ||
| than 100 kilowatt hours. | ||
| (b) A municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, | ||
| rule, or other measure that would regulate the installation or | ||
| inspection of a residential energy backup system. | ||
| SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| the installation or inspection of a residential energy backup | ||
| system initiated on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
