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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a report by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on |
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disconnections of residential retail electric service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 17, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 17.054 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 17.054. SUMMER RESIDENTIAL SERVICE DISCONNECTION |
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REPORT. (a) Not later than June 1 of each year, the commission |
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shall create and publish on the commission's Internet website a |
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report of the total number of residential customers of retail |
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electric service in this state whose accounts are disconnected for |
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nonpayment of bills as of the date of the report. Until September |
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30 of each year, the commission shall update the report at least |
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weekly to show the total number of residential customers of retail |
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electric service whose accounts are disconnected for nonpayment of |
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bills at the time of the update. |
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(b) The commission by rule may require any entity under the |
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commission's jurisdiction that provides retail electric service to |
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a residential customer and any other market participant under the |
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commission's jurisdiction to submit to the commission information |
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necessary for the commission to comply with Subsection (a). The |
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rules must prescribe the nature and detail of the required |
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information. |
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SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall |
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publish the first report required under Section 17.054, Utilities |
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Code, as added by this Act, not later than June 1, 2026. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |