Bill Text: TX SB775 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the repeal of the goal for natural gas use.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-04-30 - Referred to Energy Resources [SB775 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB775-Engrossed.html
| By: Fraser | S.B. No. 775 | |
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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. Section 39.9044, Utilities Code, is repealed.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 immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
