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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to crediting public schools for the value of electricity |
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generated by solar panels on public school building rooftops. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.002, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter, other than |
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Sections 39.155, 39.157(e), 39.203, 39.903, [and] 39.904, and |
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39.911, does not apply to a municipally owned utility or an electric |
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cooperative. Sections 39.157(e), 39.203, and 39.904, however, |
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apply only to a municipally owned utility or an electric |
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cooperative that is offering customer choice. If there is a |
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conflict between the specific provisions of this chapter and any |
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other provisions of this title, except for Chapters 40 and 41, the |
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provisions of this chapter control. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.911 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.911. CREDIT FOR SURPLUS SOLAR GENERATION BY PUBLIC |
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SCHOOLS. (a) An electric utility, retail electric provider, |
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municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative shall provide |
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for net metering and contract with an independent school district |
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so that: |
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(1) surplus electricity produced by a school |
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building's solar electric generation panels is made available for |
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sale to the electric transmission grid and distribution system; and |
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(2) the net value of that surplus electricity is |
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credited to the district. |
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(b) For areas of this state in which customer choice has not |
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been introduced, the commission by rule shall require that credits |
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for electricity produced by a school building's solar electric |
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generation panels reflect the value of the electricity that is made |
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available for sale to the electric utility in accordance with |
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federal regulations. |
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(c) For independent school districts in areas in which |
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customer choice has been introduced, the district must sell the |
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school buildings' surplus electricity produced to the retail |
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electric provider, municipally owned utility, or electric |
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cooperative that serves the school district's load at a value |
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agreed to between the district and the provider that serves the |
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district's load. The agreed value may be based on the clearing |
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price of energy at the time of day that the electricity is made |
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available to the grid. The independent organization identified in |
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Section 39.151 shall develop procedures so that the amount of |
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electricity purchased from a district under this section is |
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accounted for in settling the total load served by the provider that |
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serves the district's load. A district requesting net metering |
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services for purposes of this section must have metering devices |
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capable of providing measurements consistent with the independent |
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organization's settlement requirements. |
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(d) A transmission and distribution utility shall make |
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available to an independent school district for purposes of this |
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section metering required for services provided under this section, |
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including separate meters that measure the load and generator |
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output or a single meter capable of measuring separately in-flow |
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and out-flow at the point of common coupling meter point. The |
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district must pay the differential cost of the metering unless the |
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meters are provided at no additional cost. Except as provided by |
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this section, Section 39.107 applies to metering under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |