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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to energy efficiency reports by municipally owned |
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utilities and electric cooperatives. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.9051, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read |
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as follows: |
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(f) Beginning April [Not later than September] 1, 2012 |
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[2009], a municipally owned utility must report each year to the |
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State Energy Conservation Office, on [in] a standardized form |
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developed by [and manner determined by the utility in consultation
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with] the office, information regarding the combined effects of the |
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energy efficiency activities of the utility from the previous |
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calendar year, including the utility's annual goals, programs |
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enacted to achieve those goals, and any achieved energy demand or |
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savings goals. |
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(g) The State Energy Conservation Office shall provide the |
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reports made under Subsection (f) to the energy systems laboratory. |
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The laboratory shall calculate the energy savings and estimated |
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pollution reductions that resulted from the reported activities. |
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(h) The energy systems laboratory shall share the results of |
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the analysis with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, ERCOT, |
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the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.9052, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) Beginning April [Not later than September] 1, 2012 |
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[2009], an electric cooperative that had retail sales of more than |
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500,000 megawatt hours in 2005 must report each year to the State |
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Energy Conservation Office, on [in] a standardized form developed |
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by [and manner determined by the electric cooperative in
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consultation with] the office, information regarding the combined |
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effects of the energy efficiency activities of the electric |
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cooperative from the previous calendar year, including the electric |
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cooperative's annual goals, programs enacted to achieve those |
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goals, and any achieved energy demand or savings goals. |
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(c) The State Energy Conservation Office shall provide the |
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reports made under Subsection (b) to the energy systems laboratory. |
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The laboratory shall calculate the energy savings and estimated |
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pollution reductions that resulted from the reported activities. |
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(d) The energy systems laboratory shall share the results of |
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the analysis with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, ERCOT, |
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the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |