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79R7934 JJT-D

By:  Flores                                                       H.B. No. 2729



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to metering services in areas of this state open to 
competition for retail electric services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 39.107(b), Utilities Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(b)  Metering services provided to residential customers 
shall continue to be provided by the transmission and distribution 
utility affiliate of the electric utility that was serving the area 
before the introduction of customer choice [until the later of 
September 1, 2005, or the date on which at least 40 percent of those 
residential customers are taking service from unaffiliated retail 
electric providers].  Metering and billing services provided to 
residential customers shall be governed by the customer safeguards 
adopted by the commission under Section 39.101.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.