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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the goal of installing additional capacity for |
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generating landfill gas energy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.904, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) It is the intent of the legislature that by January 1, |
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2015, an additional 5,000 megawatts of generating capacity from |
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renewable energy technologies will have been installed in this |
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state. The cumulative installed renewable capacity in this state |
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shall total 5,880 megawatts by January 1, 2015, and the commission |
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shall establish a goal [target] of 10,000 megawatts of installed |
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renewable capacity by January 1, 2025. The cumulative installed |
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renewable capacity in this state shall total [2,280 megawatts by
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January 1, 2007, 3,272 megawatts by January 1, 2009, 4,264
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megawatts by January 1, 2011,] 5,256 megawatts by January 1, 2013, |
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and 5,880 megawatts by January 1, 2015. Of the cumulative renewable |
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energy technology generating capacity installed to meet the goal of |
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this subsection after September 1, 2011 [2005], a total of [the
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commission shall establish a target of having] at least 1,000 [500] |
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megawatts of capacity from [a] renewable energy technologies |
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[technology] other than [a source using] wind energy technologies |
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shall be installed by January 1, 2018. |
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(a-1) Of the 1,000 megawatts of capacity from renewable |
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technologies that shall be installed by January 1, 2018, as |
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required by Subsection (a), at least 50 megawatts of new capacity |
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from energy generated from landfill gas shall be installed by |
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January 1, 2014, at least 100 megawatts from new capacity from |
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energy generated from landfill gas shall be installed by January 1, |
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2016, and at least 150 megawatts of new capacity from energy |
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generated from landfill gas shall be installed by January 1, 2018. |
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(c) Not later than January 1, 2013 [2000], the commission |
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shall adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce this section. |
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At a minimum, the rules shall: |
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(1) establish the minimum annual renewable energy |
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requirement, including a minimum annual requirement for the |
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installation of new generating capacity from renewable energy |
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technologies other than wind energy technologies, for each retail |
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electric provider, municipally owned utility, and electric |
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cooperative operating in this state in a manner reasonably |
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calculated by the commission to produce, on a statewide basis, |
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compliance with the requirement prescribed by Subsections |
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[Subsection] (a) and (a-1); [and] |
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(2) specify reasonable performance standards that all |
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renewable capacity additions must meet to count against the |
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requirement prescribed by Subsections [Subsection] (a) and (a-1) |
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and that: |
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(A) are designed and operated so as to maximize |
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the energy output from the capacity additions in accordance with |
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then-current industry standards; and |
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(B) encourage the development, construction, and |
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operation of new renewable energy projects at those sites in this |
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state that have the greatest economic potential for capture and |
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development of this state's environmentally beneficial renewable |
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resources; and |
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(3) establish enforcement mechanisms, including the |
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use of alternative compliance payments, if the capacity goals for |
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the generation of energy from renewable energy technologies other |
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than wind energy technologies provided in Subsections (a) and (a-1) |
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are not met. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |