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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of distributed renewable generation of |
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electricity. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Subsection (a), Section 39.916, |
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Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Distributed renewable generation owner" means: |
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(A) an [the] owner of distributed renewable |
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generation; |
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(B) a retail electric customer on whose side of |
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the meter distributed renewable generation is installed and |
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operated, regardless of whether the customer takes ownership of the |
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distributed renewable generation; or |
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(C) a person who by contract is assigned |
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ownership rights to energy produced from distributed renewable |
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generation located at the premises of the customer on the |
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customer's side of the meter. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.916, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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(k) Neither a retail electric customer that uses |
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distributed renewable generation nor the owner of the distributed |
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renewable generation that the retail electric customer uses is an |
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electric utility, power generation company, or retail electric |
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provider for the purposes of this title and neither is required to |
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register with or be certified by the commission if at the time |
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distributed renewable generation is installed, the estimated |
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annual amount of electricity to be produced by the distributed |
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renewable generation is less than or equal to the retail electric |
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customer's estimated annual electricity consumption. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 981 passed the Senate on |
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April 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 27, 2011, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 981 passed the House, with |
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amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |