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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the repeal of the goal for natural gas use. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.9044, Utilities Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 2. Section 40.004, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 40.004. JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION. Except as |
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specifically otherwise provided in this chapter, the commission has |
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jurisdiction over municipally owned utilities only for the |
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following purposes: |
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(1) to regulate wholesale transmission rates and |
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service, including terms of access, to the extent provided by |
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Subchapter A, Chapter 35; |
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(2) to regulate certification of retail service areas |
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to the extent provided by Chapter 37; |
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(3) to regulate rates on appeal under Subchapters D |
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and E, Chapter 33, subject to Section 40.051(c); |
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(4) to establish a code of conduct as provided by |
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Section 39.157(e) applicable to anticompetitive activities and to |
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affiliate activities limited to structurally unbundled affiliates |
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of municipally owned utilities, subject to Section 40.054; |
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(5) to establish terms and conditions for open access |
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to transmission and distribution facilities for municipally owned |
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utilities providing customer choice, as provided by Section 39.203; |
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(6) to require collection of the nonbypassable fee |
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established under Section 39.903(b) and to administer the renewable |
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energy credits program under Section 39.904(b) [and the natural gas
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energy credits program under Section 39.9044(b)]; and |
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(7) to require reports of municipally owned utility |
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operations only to the extent necessary to: |
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(A) enable the commission to determine the |
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aggregate load and energy requirements of the state and the |
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resources available to serve that load; or |
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(B) enable the commission to determine |
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information relating to market power as provided by Section 39.155. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |