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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Utilities Code § 31.005: CUSTOMER-OPTION PROGRAMS.

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  1. UTILITIES CODE
  2. TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT
  3. SUBTITLE B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES
  4. CHAPTER 31. GENERAL PROVISIONS
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) This section applies to:

(1) a municipally owned electric utility;

(2) an electric cooperative;

(3) an electric utility;

(4) a power marketer;

(5) a retail electric provider; and

(6) a transmission and distribution utility.

(b) An entity to which this section applies shall consider establishing customer-option programs that encourage the reduction of air contaminant emissions, such as:

(1) an appliance retirement and recycling program;

(2) a solar water heating market transformation program;

(3) an air conditioning tune-up program;

(4) a program that allows the use of on-site energy storage as an eligible efficiency measure in existing programs;

(5) a program that encourages the deployment of advanced electricity meters;

(6) a program that encourages the installation of cool roofing materials;

(7) a program that establishes lighting limits;

(8) a distributed energy generation technology program; and

(9) a program that encourages the use of high-efficiency building distribution transformers and variable air volume fan controls.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1095 (H.B. 2129), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.

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