Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 31.005 - Customer-Option Programs(a) This section applies to:(1) a municipally owned electric utility;(2) an electric cooperative;(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.