| TO: | Honorable Jim Keffer, Chair, House Committee on Energy Resources |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB1697 by Martinez, "Mando" (Relating to a solar energy technology generation incentive program to be administered by electric utilities.), As Introduced |
The bill would require electric utilities to administer an incentive program for generation capacity from solar energy technologies. The bill would establish new goals for additional generating capacity from new solar energy technologies. The bill would require the Public Utility Commission to adopt rules and procedures to ensure that utilities can achieve the goals of the bill, including encouraging the use of solar technologies.
The bill would also require the Public Utility Commission and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to develop a method to account for projected efficiencies, including those that may be achieved through the deployment of solar technologies.
The Public Utility Commission anticipates any additional work resulting from the passage of the bill could be reasonably absorbed within current resources.
| Source Agencies: | 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, WK, ES
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