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Senate Bill 1145 |
Senate Author: Nichols |
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Effective: 5-18-17 |
House Sponsor: Deshotel et al. |
Senate Bill 1145 amends the Utilities Code to authorize an investor-owned electric utility that is operating solely outside of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas in areas of Texas that were included in the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council on January 1, 2005, and that elects to deploy advanced metering and meter information networks to recover reasonable and necessary costs incurred in deploying advanced metering and meter information networks. The bill subjects such an electric utility to certain Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) rules relating to metering and billing services. The bill requires the PUC to ensure that certain deployment plans and any related customer surcharge are not applicable to customer accounts that receive service at transmission voltage and are consistent with certain PUC rules related to advanced metering systems.