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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to net metering for retail electric service customers and |
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compensation for excess electricity generated by a retail electric |
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customer's on-site generator. |
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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 39.922 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.922. NET METERING AND FAIR MARKET COMPENSATION OF |
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ON-SITE ENERGY PRODUCTION FOR RETAIL CUSTOMERS. (a) In this |
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section, "net metering service" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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111(d)(11) of the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of |
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1978 (16 U.S.C. Section 2621(d)(11)). |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule |
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shall require an electric utility, retail electric provider, |
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electric cooperative, or municipally owned utility to offer net |
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metering service to all retail customers of the utility, provider, |
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or cooperative. The rules must provide that a retail customer is |
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entitled to compensation at fair market value for metered |
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electricity produced by the customer's eligible on-site generating |
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facility and delivered to the electric transmission grid. |
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(c) The commission by rule may establish standards an |
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on-site generating facility must meet to be eligible for |
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compensation under Subsection (b), including interconnection |
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standards and standards for generating facility equipment. The |
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standards must be designed so that small-scale generators located |
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at residential and small business addresses are eligible for the |
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compensation. |
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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, 2011. |