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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the goal of installing additional capacity for |
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generating renewable energy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 39.904(a) and (c), Utilities Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) It is the intent of the legislature that by January 1, |
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2015, an additional 5,000 megawatts of generating capacity from |
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renewable energy technologies will have been installed in this |
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state. The cumulative installed renewable capacity in this state |
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shall total 5,880 megawatts by January 1, 2015, and the commission |
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shall establish a target of 10,000 megawatts of installed renewable |
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capacity by January 1, 2025. The cumulative installed renewable |
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capacity in this state shall total 2,280 megawatts by January 1, |
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2007, 3,272 megawatts by January 1, 2009, 4,264 megawatts by |
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January 1, 2011, 5,256 megawatts by January 1, 2013, and 5,880 |
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megawatts by January 1, 2015. Of the cumulative renewable energy |
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technology generating capacity installed to meet the goal of this |
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subsection after September 1, 2007 [2005], a total of [the
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commission shall establish a target of having] at least 500 |
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megawatts of capacity from [a] renewable energy technologies |
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[technology] other than [a source using] wind energy technologies |
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shall be installed by January 1, 2015. |
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(c) The [Not later than January 1, 2000, the] commission |
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shall adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce this section. |
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At a minimum, the rules shall: |
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(1) establish the minimum annual renewable energy |
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requirement, including a minimum annual requirement for the |
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installation of generating capacity from renewable energy |
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technologies other than wind energy technologies, for each retail |
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electric provider, municipally owned utility, and electric |
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cooperative operating in this state in a manner reasonably |
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calculated by the commission to produce, on a statewide basis, |
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compliance with the requirement prescribed by Subsection (a); and |
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(2) specify reasonable performance standards that all |
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renewable capacity additions must meet to count against the |
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requirement prescribed by Subsection (a) and that: |
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(A) are designed and operated so as to maximize |
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the energy output from the capacity additions in accordance with |
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then-current industry standards; and |
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(B) encourage the development, construction, and |
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operation of new renewable energy projects at those sites in this |
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state that have the greatest economic potential for capture and |
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development of this state's environmentally beneficial renewable |
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resources. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |