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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of net metering by certain electric utilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.107, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (i), as added by Chapter 939 (H.B. 3693), Acts |
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of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and adding |
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Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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(i) Subject to the restrictions in Subsection (h), it is the |
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intent of the legislature that [net metering and] advanced meter |
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information networks be deployed as rapidly as possible to allow |
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customers to better manage energy use and control costs, and to |
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facilitate demand response initiatives. |
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(k) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall |
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adopt rules and standards under which a retail electric provider, |
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electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, or transmission |
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and distribution utility shall offer net metering service as |
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defined by the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of |
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1978 (16 U.S.C. Section 2621(d)(11)) to all residential customers |
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as soon as practicable but not later than January 1, 2010. |
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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. |