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Amend CSSB 483 as follows:
SECTION ____. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.9032 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.9032. INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED RENEWABLE
GENERATION. (a) In this section:
(1) "Distributed renewable generation" means electric
generation with a capacity of not more than 2,000 kilowatts
provided by a renewable energy technology, as defined by Section
39.904, that is installed on a retail electric customer's side of
the meter.
(2) "Distributed renewable generation owner" means the
owner of distributed renewable generation.
(3) "Interconnection" means the right of a distributed
renewable generation owner to physically connect distributed
renewable generation to an electricity distribution system, and the
technical requirements, rules, or processes for the connection.
(b) A transmission and distribution utility or electric
utility shall allow interconnection if:
(1) the distributed renewable generation to be
interconnected has a five-year warranty against breakdown or undue
degradation; and
(2) the rated capacity of the distributed renewable
generation does not exceed the service entrance capacity.
(c) A customer may request interconnection by filing an
application for interconnection with the transmission and
distribution utility or electric utility. Procedures of a
transmission and distribution utility or electric utility for the
submission and processing of a customer's application for
interconnection shall be consistent with rules adopted by the
commission regarding interconnection.
(d) The commission by rule shall establish safety, technical,
and performance standards for distributed renewable generation
that may be interconnected. In adopting the rules, the commission
shall consider standards published by the Underwriters
Laboratories, the National Electric Code, the National Electric
Safety Code, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers.
(e) A transmission and distribution utility, electric
utility, or retail electric provider may not require a distributed
renewable generation owner whose distributed renewable generation
meets the standards established by rule under Subsection (d) to
purchase an amount, type, or classification of liability insurance
the distributed renewable generation owner would not have in the
absence of the distributed renewable generation.
(f) A transmission and distribution utility shall make
available to a distributed renewable generation owner for purposes
of this section metering required for services provided under this
section, including separate meters that measure the load and
generator output or a single meter capable of measuring separately
in-flow and out-flow at the point of common coupling meter point.
The distributed renewable generation owner must pay the
differential cost of the metering unless the meters are provided at
no additional cost. Except as provided by this section, Section
39.107 applies to metering under this section.
(g) A renewable energy credit that is earned by a distributed
renewable generation owner through the interconnection of a
renewable electric system is the sole property of the distributed
renewable generation owner unless the distributed renewable
generation owner engages in a transaction to sell or trade the
credit under Section 39.904.
(h) A transmission and distribution utility, an electric
utility or retail electric provider shall provide for net metering
and may contract with a distributed renewable generation owner so
that:
(1) surplus electricity produced by distributed
renewable generation is made available for sale to the transmission
grid and distribution system; and
(2) the net value of that surplus electricity is
credited to the distributed renewable generation owner.
(j) For distributed renewable generation owners in areas in
which customer choice has been introduced, the distributed
renewable generation owner must sell the owner's surplus
electricity produced to the retail electric provider that serves
the distributed renewable generation owner's load at a value agreed
to between the distributed renewable generation owner and the
provider that serves the owner's load. Without limiting any
mutually agreed commercial arrangement, the agreed value may be
based on the clearing price of energy at the time of day that the
electricity is made available to the grid or may be a credit applied
to an account during a billing period that may be carried over to
subsequent billing periods until the credit has been redeemed. The
independent organization identified in Section 39.151 shall
develop procedures so that the amount of electricity purchased from
a distributed renewable generation owner under this section is
accounted for in settling the total load served by the provider that
serves that owner's load by January 1, 2009. A distributed
renewable generation owner requesting net metering services for
purposes of this section must have metering devices capable of
providing measurements consistent with the independent
organization's settlement requirements.
SECTION ____. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
(b) Section 39.9032, Utilities Code, as added by this Act,
takes effect January 1, 2009.