2025 Texas Statutes
Utilities Code
Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act
Subtitle B - Electric Utilities
Chapter 31 - General Provisions
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 31.005. Customer-Option Programs
Sec. 31.005. CUSTOMER-OPTION PROGRAMS. (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.
