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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to electric service reliability measures. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 38.005(b), Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The commission may [shall] take appropriate enforcement |
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action under this section, including [but not limited to] action |
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against a utility, if any of the utility's feeders [feeder] with 10 |
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or more customers [appears on the utility's list of worst 10 percent
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performing feeders for any two consecutive years or] has had a SAIDI |
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or SAIFI average that is more than 300 percent greater than the |
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system average of all feeders during any two-year period, beginning |
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in the year 2000. In determining the appropriate enforcement |
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action, the commission shall consider: |
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(1) the feeder's operating and maintenance history; |
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(2) the cause of each interruption in the feeder's |
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service; |
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(3) any action taken by a utility to address the |
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feeder's performance; |
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(4) the estimated cost and benefit of remediating a |
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feeder's performance; and |
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(5) any other relevant factor as determined by the |
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commission. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |