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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to cost recovery for certain demand-side electric energy |
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resources in the competitive electric market. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.107(h), Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(h) The commission shall establish a nonbypassable |
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surcharge for an electric utility or transmission and distribution |
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utility to use to recover reasonable and necessary costs incurred |
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in deploying advanced metering and meter information networks to |
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residential customers and nonresidential customers other than |
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those required by the independent system operator to have an |
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interval data recorder meter, including costs incurred in deploying |
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equipment needed for voluntary participation by residential or |
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commercial customers in demand response programs through a third |
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party or through a retail electric provider or other third party |
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using automated load controls. The commission shall ensure that |
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the nonbypassable surcharge reflects a deployment of advanced |
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meters that is no more than one-third of the utility's total meters |
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over each calendar year and shall ensure that the nonbypassable |
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surcharge does not result in the utility recovering more than its |
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actual, fully allocated costs for the utility's meter and meter |
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information network, including costs associated with deploying |
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systems described by this subsection. The expenses must be |
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allocated to the customer classes receiving the services, based on |
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the electric utility's most recently approved tariffs. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |