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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study of the proportion of this state's electric |
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energy that can be generated using renewable energy technology. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The state energy conservation office shall |
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conduct a study to determine how not less than 25 percent of this |
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state's electric energy may be generated by renewable energy |
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technologies by January 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 2. The state energy conservation office, in |
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conducting the study, shall examine costs and efficiencies of |
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available renewable energy technologies for electric energy |
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generation and shall recommend legislative and administrative |
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policy changes necessary to achieve the goal of having not less than |
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25 percent of this state's electric energy generated by renewable |
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energy technologies by January 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 3. The state energy conservation office shall |
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consult with the Public Utility Commission of Texas in conducting |
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the study. The commission shall cooperate with the office in |
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conducting the study. |
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SECTION 4. The state energy conservation office shall |
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present the office's report to the governor, the lieutenant |
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governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives not later |
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than January 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |