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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a distributed solar generation |
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incentive program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.9155 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.9155. DISTRIBUTED SOLAR GENERATION INCENTIVE |
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PROGRAM. (a) It is the goal of the legislature that electric |
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utilities administer incentive programs for residential and |
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commercial customers to increase the amount of distributed solar |
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generation installed within the state in a cost-effective, |
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market-neutral, and nondiscriminatory manner. |
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(b) The commission by rule shall: |
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(1) establish a distributed solar generation |
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incentive program, to be implemented by electric utilities; |
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(2) oversee the implementation of the program required |
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by Subdivision (1); and |
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(3) establish procedures to achieve the goal described |
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by Subsection (a). |
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(c) The rules adopted under Subsection (b) must include |
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provisions for: |
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(1) a distributed solar generation cost recovery |
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factor to ensure timely and reasonable cost recovery for electric |
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utility expenditures under this section; |
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(2) recovery of the cost of electric utility programs |
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through nonbypassable fees, which may not exceed: |
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(A) 10 cents per month for residential customers; |
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(B) $1 per month for commercial customers; or |
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(C) $10 per month for industrial customers; and |
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(3) adjusting or eliminating the incentives provided |
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by electric utilities to the extent that the cost of energy from |
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distributed solar generation becomes more competitive with the cost |
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of grid-supplied energy. |
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(d) Electric utilities may not provide incentives under |
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this section for distributed solar generation that is installed |
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after the fifth anniversary of the date the program required by this |
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section is established by commission rule. |
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SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall |
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adopt rules establishing the distributed solar generation |
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incentive program required under Section 39.9155, Utilities Code, |
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as added by this Act, as soon as practicable. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |