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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas |
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to order certain electric providers to provide power to other |
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electric providers during a natural disaster or declared emergency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.073 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.073. AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION DURING AN EMERGENCY. |
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(a) The commission may require an electric utility, municipally |
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owned utility, electric cooperative, or retail electric provider to |
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sell electricity to another electric utility, municipally owned |
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utility, electric cooperative, or retail electric provider that |
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loses power due to a natural disaster or other declared emergency. |
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The commission may order an electric utility, municipally owned |
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utility, or electric cooperative to provide interconnection |
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service to another electric utility, municipally owned utility, or |
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electric cooperative to facilitate a sale of electricity under this |
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section. |
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(b) If an entity receives electricity under Subsection (a), |
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the receiving entity shall reimburse the supplying entity for the |
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electricity according to the rates or prices charged by the |
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supplying entity during the supplying entity's most recent full |
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billing cycle. The entity receiving the electricity is responsible |
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for any transmission and distribution service charges specifically |
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incurred in relation to providing the electricity. |
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(c) An entity that pays for electricity received under |
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Subsection (b) may fully recover from the entity's customers the |
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cost of the electricity and any associated transmission and |
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distribution costs. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |