Utilities Code § 39.910

Sec. 39.910. INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND GOAL FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR MILITARY BASES. (a) The commission by rule shall establish an electric energy efficiency incentive program under which each electric utility in an area where customer choice is not available will provide incentives sufficient for military bases, retail electric providers, or competitive energy service providers to install energy efficiency devices or other alternatives at military bases. The commission shall design the program to provide military bases with a variety of choices for cost-effective energy efficiency devices and other alternatives from the market to reduce energy consumption and energy costs. (b) The commission shall establish a goal for the program to reduce, before January 1, 2005, the consumption of electricity by military bases in this state by five percent as compared to consumption levels in 2002. (c) The commission shall approve a nonbypassable surcharge or other rate mechanism to recover costs associated with the program established under this section. (d) An electric utility shall administer the electric energy efficiency incentive program in a market-neutral, nondiscriminatory manner. An electric utility may not offer underlying competitive services. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 23, eff. May 27, 2003.