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SENATE RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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Senate Bill 3 (preparing for, preventing, and responding to |
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weather emergencies and power outages; increasing the amount of |
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administrative and civil penalties) to consider and take action |
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on the following matter: |
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(1) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to omit text not in disagreement by omitting proposed |
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Sections 39.110(a) and (b), Utilities Code. The omitted text |
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prohibited the offering of certain wholesale indexed electric |
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products to residential or small commercial customers. The |
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omitted text reads: |
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Sec. 39.110. WHOLESALE INDEXED PRODUCTS PROHIBITED. (a) |
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In this section, "wholesale indexed product" means a retail |
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electric product in which the price a customer pays for |
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electricity includes a direct pass-through of real-time |
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settlement point prices determined by the independent |
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organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power |
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region. |
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(b) A retail electric provider may not offer a wholesale |
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indexed product to a residential or small commercial customer. |
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Sec. 39.110. WHOLESALE INDEXED PRODUCTS. (a) In this |
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section, "wholesale indexed product" means a retail electric |
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product in which the price a customer pays for electricity |
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includes a direct pass-through of real-time settlement point |
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prices determined by the independent organization certified |
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under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an aggregator, |
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a broker, or a retail electric provider may not offer a wholesale |
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indexed product to a residential or small commercial customer. |
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Explanation: The omission of the text is necessary to |
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remove the prohibition of the offering of certain wholesale |
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indexed electric products to residential or small commercial |
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customers. |
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(2) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house |
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or senate version of the bill by adding proposed SECTION 37 of the |
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bill: |
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SECTION 37. The Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security |
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and Mapping Committee shall produce the map required under |
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Section 38.203, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, not later |
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than September 1, 2022. |
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Explanation: The addition of the text is necessary to |
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require the Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping |
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Committee to produce the map required under added Section 38.203, |
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Utilities Code, not later than September 1, 2022. |
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_______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 30, 2021, by |
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the following vote: Yeas 31, |
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Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |