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By: Moody (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) |
H.B. No. 4542 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2023; |
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May 15, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & |
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Commerce; May 21, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE VOTE |
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SchwertnerX |
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KingX |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation |
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owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.554(f), Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) Unless the commission approves an alternative method |
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for compensating a distributed renewable generation owner for |
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electricity generated by distributed renewable generation or a |
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qualifying facility, for [For] a distributed renewable generation |
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owner that chooses interconnection through a single meter under |
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Subsection (e): |
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(1) the amount of electricity the owner generates |
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through distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility |
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for a given billing period offsets the owner's consumption for that |
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billing period; and |
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(2) any electricity the owner generates through |
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distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility that |
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exceeds the owner's consumption for a given billing period shall be |
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credited to the owner under Subsection (g). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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