LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 22, 1997
TO: Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 1571
Committee on State Affairs By: Madla
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1571 ( Relating
to pricing methodology for wheeling.) this office has detemined
the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1571-As Introduced
No significant fiscal impact to the State is anticipated.
The Public Utility Commission may experience a slight increase
in workload in FYs 1998 and 1999 since implementing the provisions
of the bill may cause some utilities to request an early review
of transmission rate cases.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government
is anticipated. This bill would narrow the scope of PUC's
review of the rates of municipal utilities. PUC has a limited
appellate review of municipalities basic rates, and there have
been very few successful appeals to PUC under this authority.
PUC also has authority to set transmission rates for municipal
utilities, and the bill would require PUC to use specific rate-setting
principles that are typical of municipal utilities in setting
their rates. This may result in more certainty in the transmission
revenues for municipal utilities. This analysis does not include
an estimate of any revenue increases or decreases that may result
from this bill's effect on the rates of municipally-owned utilities.
Source: Agencies: 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas
LBB Staff: JD ,BK