Bill Text: TX HB1578 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to energy aggregation by state agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-10 - Referred to Government Efficiency & Reform [HB1578 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1578-Introduced.html
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By: Brown | H.B. No. 1578 |
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relating to energy aggregation by state agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.3536 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.3536. AGGREGATION BY STATE AGENCIES. (a) In this | ||
section, "state agency" does not include an institution of higher | ||
education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, it is | ||
the policy of this state to encourage state agencies, including | ||
state agencies located in areas of the state that do not offer | ||
customer choice under this chapter, to aggregate their facilities | ||
into a single purchasing unit as a method to reduce costs of | ||
electricity consumed by those state agencies. The commission shall | ||
provide assistance to a state agency regarding the evaluation of | ||
offers from retail electric providers on the request of the state | ||
agency. | ||
(c) An aggregator registered under another section of this | ||
subchapter may provide aggregation services to state agencies. | ||
(d) A state agency is not required to register as an | ||
aggregator under Section 39.353. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |