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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the state's goal of installing additional electric |
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generating capacity by renewable energy technologies and |
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distributed renewable energy generation technologies. |
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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 (b), 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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2025 [2015], an additional 10,000 [5,000] megawatts of generating |
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capacity from renewable energy technologies will have been |
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installed in this state. The cumulative installed renewable |
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capacity in this state shall total 10,880 [5,880] megawatts by |
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January 1, 2025 [2015, and the commission shall establish a target
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of 10,000 megawatts of installed renewable capacity by January 1,
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2025]. The cumulative installed renewable capacity in this state |
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shall total 4,825 [2,280 megawatts by January 1, 2007, 3,272] |
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megawatts by January 1, 2009, 5,936 [4,264] megawatts by January 1, |
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2011, 7,047 [5,256] megawatts by January 1, 2013, 8,158 [and 5,880] |
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megawatts by January 1, 2015, 9,269 megawatts by January 1, 2017, |
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9,769 megawatts by January 1, 2019, 10,069 megawatts by January 1, |
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2021, 10,480 megawatts by January 1, 2023, and 10,880 megawatts by |
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January 1, 2025. The [Of the] renewable energy technology |
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generating capacity installed to meet the goal of this subsection |
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must include a total of at least 1,000 megawatts generating |
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capacity from a combination of non-wind-powered renewable energy |
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technologies and small-scale wind-powered generating installations |
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each with a capacity of less than 150 kilowatts. For that 1,000 |
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megawatt goal, the commission shall establish biennial benchmark |
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dates for meeting specified capacities. Of the 1,000 megawatts of |
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capacity to meet that 1,000 megawatt goal, 700 megawatts must be |
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generation capacity installed on the utility's side of the electric |
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meter and 300 megawatts must be generation capacity installed on |
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the customer's side of the electric meter. Of the 300 megawatts |
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capacity installed on the customer's side of the electric meter, at |
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least 100 megawatts must be from solar-powered electric generating |
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technology [after September 1, 2005, the commission shall establish
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a target of having at least 500 megawatts of capacity from a
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renewable energy technology other than a source using wind energy]. |
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(b) The commission shall establish a renewable energy |
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credits trading program. Any retail electric provider, municipally |
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owned utility, or electric cooperative that does not satisfy the |
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requirements of Subsection (a) by directly owning or purchasing |
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capacity using renewable energy technologies shall purchase |
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sufficient renewable energy credits to satisfy the requirements by |
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holding renewable energy credits in lieu of capacity from renewable |
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energy technologies. As part of the program, the commission by rule |
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shall allow for the renewable energy portion of the electric |
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generating capacity of a generating technology that uses a hybrid |
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of fossil fuels and renewable technology to be counted toward |
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meeting the installed renewable energy technology goals |
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established under Subsection (a). To be eligible to count for |
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meeting the goals established under Subsection (a), the |
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fossil-fueled portion of the hybrid technology must contribute not |
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more than 25 percent of the capacity. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of |
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the house of representatives shall appoint a study group that has |
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expertise necessary to develop plans by which this state may: |
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(1) meet a goal of having 25 percent of all energy |
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consumption in this state by January 1, 2025, be from renewable |
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energy technology sources, as defined by Section 39.904, Utilities |
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Code; |
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(2) provide incentives to build facilities for |
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renewable energy storage or for conversion to hydrogen energy |
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sources; and |
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(3) provide support for recovery of costs of building |
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electric transmission infrastructure to facilitate exportation of |
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electric power generated in this state by renewable energy |
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technologies. |
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(b) The study group shall issue a report on the plans to the |
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legislature not later than January 1, 2008. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |