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Senate Bill 981 |
Senate Author: Carona |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Anchia et al. |
Senate Bill 981 amends the Utilities Code to redefine "distributed renewable generation owner" to include a retail electric customer on whose side of the meter distributed renewable generation is installed and operated, regardless of whether the customer takes ownership of the distributed renewable generation, and to include a person who by contract is assigned ownership rights to energy produced from distributed renewable generation located at the premises of the customer on the customer's side of the meter. The bill specifies that neither a retail electric customer that uses distributed renewable generation nor the owner of the distributed renewable generation that the retail electric customer uses is an electric utility, power generation company, or retail electric provider under the Public Utility Regulatory Act and that neither is required to register or be certified with the Public Utility Commission of Texas under specified circumstances.