By Danburg H.B. No. 2507
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the procedures for establishing the provider of last
1-3 resort in utility service areas.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 39.106(f), Utilities Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (f) The Commission shall appoint the affiliated retail
1-8 electric provider as the provider of last resort to provide service
1-9 at the price to beat for residential and small non-residential
1-10 customers, unless a competitive bidding process results in bids
1-11 below the price to beat in a particular service area. [In the
1-12 event that no retail electric provider applies to be the provider
1-13 of last resort for a given area of the state on reasonable terms
1-14 and conditions, t] The commission may require a retail electric
1-15 provider to become the provider of last resort as a condition of
1-16 receiving or maintaining a certificate under Section 39.352.
1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.