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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter |
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information networks in certain non-ERCOT areas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.452, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (k) and (l) to read as follows: |
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(k) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), an electric utility |
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subject to this subchapter that elects to deploy advanced metering |
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and meter information networks may recover reasonable and necessary |
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costs incurred in deploying advanced metering and meter information |
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networks. An electric utility that elects to deploy advanced |
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metering or meter information networks is subject to commission |
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rules adopted under Sections 39.107(h) and (k). The commission |
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shall ensure that any deployment plan approved under this section |
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is consistent with commission rules related to advanced metering |
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systems regarding: |
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(1) customer protections; |
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(2) data security, privacy, and ownership; and |
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(3) options given consumers to continue to receive |
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service through a non-advanced meter. |
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(l) An electric utility subject to this subchapter that |
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elects to deploy an advanced meter information network shall deploy |
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the network as rapidly as practicable to facilitate demand response |
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initiatives and to allow customers to better manage energy use and |
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control costs. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |