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Exisitng Texas Energy Legislation
By admin at 12 July, 2008, 7:52 pm
Senate Bill 5, 77th Texas Legislature
Senate Bill 7, 76th Texas Legislature
House Bill 2548 78th Texas Legislature: Authorizes PUC to order construction of electric transmission capacity.
House Bill 2425, 78th Legislatue: Sets guidelines and rules for performance contracting with gov’t agencies.
House Bill 2249 78th Texas Legislature: Removes “asylums” from state lands that can be leased, etc. for [...]
Senate Bill 7
By admin at 12 July, 2008, 7:25 pm
Texas Senate Bill 7, enacted in 1999, deregulates the state’s electric industry. Competition officially began on Jan. 1, 2002. The objective of the law is to let competitive markets work wherever possible and to regulate those utilities that are truly monopolies.
The Senate Bill 7 required all Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs) to freeze their electric base [...]