Bill Text: TX SB950 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to retail electric provider customer choice information.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB950 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB950-Introduced.html

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82R7836 JXC-D
By: Davis S.B. No. 950

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to retail electric provider customer choice information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.113 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.113. ONLINE CUSTOMER CHOICE INFORMATION. (a)
Except to the extent that the information is specifically made
confidential under other law, the commission shall provide access
at www.powertochoose.com, or the successor website of
www.powertochoose.com, to information regarding:
(1) complaints submitted to the commission about each
retail electric provider;
(2) enforcement actions initiated by the commission
against each retail electric provider; and
(3) final enforcement actions taken by the commission
against each retail electric provider.
(b) The commission by rule shall prescribe the manner in
which the information must be presented and shall ensure that the
information is:
(1) easily accessible; and
(2) presented in a format that does not identify
customers.
(c) The commission by rule shall require each retail
electric provider to submit the information described by Subsection
(a) to the commission if the commission requests the information.
(d) The commission shall update the information described
by Subsection (a) at least once every three months.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.