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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the legislature's goals for baseload electric |
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generating capacity. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.904(a), Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) It is the intent of the legislature that by January 1, |
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2015, an additional 5,000 megawatts of generating capacity from |
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renewable energy technologies will have been installed in this |
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state. The cumulative installed renewable capacity in this state |
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shall total 5,880 megawatts by January 1, 2015, and the commission |
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shall establish a target of 10,000 megawatts of installed renewable |
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capacity by January 1, 2025. The cumulative installed renewable |
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capacity in this state shall total 2,280 megawatts by January 1, |
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2007, 3,272 megawatts by January 1, 2009, 4,264 megawatts by |
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January 1, 2011, 5,256 megawatts by January 1, 2013, and 5,880 |
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megawatts by January 1, 2015. Of the renewable energy technology |
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generating capacity installed to meet the goal of this subsection |
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after September 1, 2005, the commission shall establish a target of |
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having at least 500 megawatts of capacity from a renewable energy |
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technology other than a source using wind energy. In addition to |
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the other goals in this subsection, it is the intent of the |
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legislature that by January 1, 2030, an additional 5,000 megawatts |
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of baseload generating capacity from dispatchable or unvarying |
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renewable energy technologies will have been installed in this |
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state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |