82R7576 RWG-F
 
  By: Anchia H.B. No. 1863
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to utilities' expenditures for recharging stations for
  electric vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 36, Utilities Code, is
  amended by adding Section 36.066 to read as follows:
         Sec. 36.066.  ALLOWANCE OF EXPENSES RELATED TO ELECTRIC CAR
  RECHARGING STATIONS. (a) A regulatory authority shall allow as
  reasonable and necessary expenses an electric utility's
  expenditures related to recharging stations for electric vehicles
  to the extent the expenditures qualify for inclusion under
  Subsection (b).
         (b)  To qualify for inclusion as a reasonable and necessary
  expense for ratemaking purposes, an electric utility's expenditure
  must be made:
               (1)  with a business incorporated or formed in this
  state and located in this state; and
               (2)  for equipment, a good, or a service necessary for
  planning, designing, constructing, installing, or maintaining for
  the electric utility a recharging station:
                     (A)  for electric vehicles designed for roadway
  use; and
                     (B)  the core functional components of which are
  wholly or substantially produced or assembled at a location in this
  state by a business incorporated or formed in this state.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.