TITLE: Relating to the regulation of distributed renewable generation of electricity.

SUMMARY: Relating to the regulation of distributed renewable generation of electricity.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the regulation of distributed renewable generation of electricity. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 39.916(a)(2), Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows: (2) "Distributed renewable generation owner" means:(A) the owner of distributed renewable generation;or (B) a retail electric customer who contracts with another person to finance, install, or maintain distributed renewable generation on the customer's side of the meter, regardless of whether the customer takes ownership of the installed distributed renewable generation.SECTION 2. Section 39.916, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: (d-1) If, at the time distributed renewable generation is installed on a retail electric customer's side of the meter, the estimated annual amount of electric energy to be produced by the distributed renewable generation is less than or equal to the customer's estimated annual electric energy consumption, the commission may not: (1) consider the distributed renewable generation owner to be an electric utility, a power generation company, or a retail electric provider; or (2) require the distributed renewable generation owner to register with or to be certified by the commission. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.