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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of distributed renewable generation of |
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electricity. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Subsection (a), Section 39.916, |
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Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Distributed renewable generation owner" means: |
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(A) the owner of distributed renewable |
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generation; or |
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(B) a retail electric customer who contracts with |
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another person to finance, install, or maintain distributed |
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renewable generation on the customer's side of the meter, |
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regardless of whether the customer takes ownership of the installed |
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distributed renewable generation. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.916, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) If, at the time distributed renewable generation is |
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installed on a retail electric customer's side of the meter, the |
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estimated annual amount of electric energy to be produced by the |
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distributed renewable generation is less than or equal to the |
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customer's estimated annual electric energy consumption, the |
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commission may not consider the distributed renewable generation |
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owner to be a power generation company or require the distributed |
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renewable generation owner to register as a power generation |
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company. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.917 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.917. THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF DISTRIBUTED |
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RENEWABLE GENERATION. The commission may not consider a person who |
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contracts with a retail electric customer to finance, install, or |
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maintain distributed renewable generation on the customer's side of |
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the meter under a contract, as described by Section 39.916(a)(2), |
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to be an electric utility, a power generation company, or a retail |
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electric provider. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |