By: Carona S.B. No. 924

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to energy efficiency reports by municipally owned utilities and electric cooperatives.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 39.9051, Utilities Code, is amended by amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:

(f) Beginning April [Not later than September] 1, 2012 [2009], a municipally owned utility must report each year to the State Energy Conservation Office, on [in] a standardized form developed by [and manner determined by the utility in consultation with] the office, information regarding the combined effects of the energy efficiency activities of the utility from the previous calendar year, including the utility's annual goals, programs enacted to achieve those goals, and any achieved energy demand or savings goals.

(g) The State Energy Conservation Office shall provide the reports made under Subsection (f) to the Energy Systems Laboratory at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station of The Texas A&M University System. The laboratory shall calculate the energy savings and estimated pollution reductions that resulted from the reported activities.

(h) The energy systems laboratory shall share the results of the analysis with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, ERCOT, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

SECTION 2. Section 39.9052, Utilities Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:

(b) Beginning April [Not later than September] 1, 2012 [2009], an electric cooperative that had retail sales of more than 500,000 megawatt hours in 2005 must report each year to the State Energy Conservation Office, on [in] a standardized form developed by [and manner determined by the electric cooperative in consultation with] the office, information regarding the combined effects of the energy efficiency activities of the electric cooperative from the previous calendar year, including the electric cooperative's annual goals, programs enacted to achieve those goals, and any achieved energy demand or savings goals.

(c) The State Energy Conservation Office shall provide the reports made under Subsection (b) to the Energy Systems Laboratory at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station of The Texas A&M University System. The laboratory shall calculate the energy savings and estimated pollution reductions that resulted from the reported activities.

(d) The energy systems laboratory shall share the results of the analysis with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, ERCOT, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.