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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) The commission by rule shall require that credits for |
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electricity produced by a school building's solar electric |
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generation panels reflect the value of the electricity at the time |
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of day that it is made available for sale to the electric |
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transmission grid and distribution system. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |