Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB924 by Carona (Relating to energy efficiency reports by municipally owned utilities and electric cooperatives.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill requires municipally owned utilities to report annually to the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) 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.
The bill also requires SECO to provide these reports to the Texas Engineering Experiment Station's Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) to calculate the amount of energy savings achieved as a result of the implementation of the energy efficiency programs.
The bill finally requires the ESL to report the total savings for all municipally owned utilities to the PUC, ERCOT, EPA and TCEQ.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 712 Texas Engineering Experiment Station