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Amend CSSB 545 by adding the following section to the bill,
numbered appropriately, and by renumbering subsequent sections of
the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.929 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.929. INFORMATION ON INTERNET REGARDING PURCHASE OF
SURPLUS ELECTRICITY PRODUCED BY DISTRIBUTED SOLAR GENERATION. (a)
In this section:
(1) "Distributed solar generation" means distributed
renewable generation, as defined by Section 39.916, using solar
energy technology.
(2) "Owner of distributed solar generation" includes a
retail electric customer who contracts with another person to
install or maintain distributed solar generation on the customer's
side of the meter, regardless of whether the customer takes
ownership of the installed distributed solar generation.
(3) "Surplus electricity" means electricity generated
by distributed solar generation that is not consumed at the place
the distributed solar generation is installed but flows onto the
electric distribution system.
(b) On the Internet website found at
http://www.powertochoose.org, the commission shall provide for
access to easily comparable information regarding retail electric
providers' offers to owners of distributed solar generation owners
for their surplus electricity, including information regarding
their contract terms, for each retail electric provider using that
website.
(c) On the Internet website found at
http://www.powertochoose.org, the commission shall provide for
access to easily comparable information regarding offers of
renewable energy credit marketers to owners of distributed solar
generation, for each renewable energy credit marketer using that
website.
(d) The commission by rule shall require electric
utilities, electric cooperatives, and retail electric providers to
provide on publicly accessible Internet websites information on
purchase price offers per kilowatt hour for surplus electricity and
information instructing customers with distributed solar
generation on how to request and obtain the purchase rates offered.