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By:  Ogden                                                        S.B. No. 1779


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas 
to resolve certain disputes relating to the rates and terms of 
transmission service.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  RESOLUTION OF CERTAIN UTILITY DISPUTES.  
(a)  The Public Utility Commission may resolve disputes relating to 
the rates and terms of transmission services within the Electric 
Reliability Council of Texas for service provided before January 1, 
2000.  The Commission shall initiate appropriate proceedings to 
resolve any such dispute at the request of a party to the dispute.
	(b)  If the commission resolves a dispute involving 
municipal utilities and a municipal power authority that is also 
the subject of an action or proceeding pending before the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission on the effective date of this Act, the 
commission's resolution of the dispute is not subject to judicial 
review by a court of this state and shall be a final statement of the 
rate methodology for transmission service among the parties to the 
dispute.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on September 1, 2003.