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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires public utility commission to create home solar guide and mandates utility website and billing links
Last action · April 28, 2025: Laid on the table subject to callSponsor: VanDeaver
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What This Bill Proposed
The Public Utility Commission of Texas is required to develop and publish a customer guide on home solar energy devices by September 1, 2025. Electric utilities, electric cooperatives, municipally owned utilities, and s must link to the guide on their websites and include access information with customer bills for at least 12 months after publication.
- The Public Utility Commission of Texas regulates the state's electric, telecommunication, and water and sewer utilities. context
- Rooftop solar adoption has grown significantly across Texas, prompting increased interest in consumer protections and transparent billing practices. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Residential electricity customers
Customers receive access to standardized information and best practices regarding home solar installations through utility bills and website links.
Electric utilities, electric cooperatives, municipally owned utilities, and retail electric providers
Providers must display a link to the commission's solar guide on their websites and provide access information with each customer bill for at least 12 months.
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This bill did not become law - Tabled in the House.
Procedural history
16 actions- Apr 28, 2025HouseLaid on the table subject to call
- Apr 28, 2025HouseCompanion considered in lieu of (SB 1697)
- Apr 25, 2025HousePlaced on General State Calendar
- Apr 22, 2025HouseConsidered in Calendars
- Apr 2, 2025HouseCommittee report sent to Calendars
- Apr 1, 2025HouseCommittee report distributed
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- Apr 1, 2025HouseComte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Mar 26, 2025HouseCommitteeReported favorably w/o amendment(s)
- Mar 26, 2025HouseConsidered in public hearing
- Mar 19, 2025HouseLeft pending in committee
- Mar 19, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Mar 19, 2025HouseConsidered in public hearing
- Mar 19, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Mar 12, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to State Affairs
- Mar 12, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Dec 16, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
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Mandatory Utility Solar Disclosures
Shifts regulatory burden onto utilities and electric providers to actively distribute consumer guidance regarding rooftop solar installations.
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Sources
capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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