SB426 - Relating to a report by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on disconnections of residential retail electric service.

  89R116 CXP-D     By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 426       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a report by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on   disconnections of residential retail electric service.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 17, Utilities Code, is   amended by adding Section 17.054 to read as follows:           Sec.   17.054.     SUMMER RESIDENTIAL SERVICE DISCONNECTION   REPORT. (a) Not later than June 1 of each year, the commission   shall create and publish on the commission's Internet website a   report of the total number of residential customers of retail   electric service in this state whose accounts are disconnected for   nonpayment of bills as of the date of the report.   Until September   30 of each year, the commission shall update the report at least   weekly to show the total number of residential customers of retail   electric service whose accounts are disconnected for nonpayment of   bills at the time of the update.           (b)     The commission by rule may require any entity under the   commission's jurisdiction that provides retail electric service to   a residential customer and any other market participant under the   commission's jurisdiction to submit to the commission information   necessary for the commission to comply with Subsection (a).   The   rules must prescribe the nature and detail of the required   information.          SECTION 2.  The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall   publish the first report required under Section 17.054, Utilities   Code, as added by this Act, not later than June 1, 2026.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.