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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 by certain non-ERCOT utilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.402, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), 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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and any related customer surcharge: |
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(1) are not applicable to customer accounts that |
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receive service at transmission voltage; and |
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(2) are consistent with commission rules related to |
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advanced metering systems regarding: |
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(A) customer protections; |
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(B) data security, privacy, and ownership; and |
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(C) options given consumers to continue to |
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receive service through a non-advanced meter. |
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(f) 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 allow customers to better |
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manage energy use and 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, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 986 was passed by the House on April |
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5, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 986 was passed by the Senate on May |
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10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |