TITLE: Relating to electric utility planning and cost recovery for enhancing service reliability for vulnerable customers.

SUMMARY: Relating to electric utility planning and cost recovery for enhancing service reliability for vulnerable customers.

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AN ACT relating to electric utility planning and cost recovery for enhancing service reliability for vulnerable customers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 38.078(d), Utilities Code, as added by Chapter 836 (H.B. 2555), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows: (d) In determining whether to approve a plan filed under this section, the commission shall consider: (1) the extent to which the plan is expected to enhance system resiliency, including whether the plan prioritizes areas of lower performance; (2) the extent to which the plan is expected to enhance service reliability for vulnerable customers, including elderly persons and persons with a disability; and (3) [(2)] the estimated costs of implementing the measures proposed in the plan. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.