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Update: Senate Passes Bill To Terminate Authority For General Land Office To Sell Retail Power
April 26,2017 The Texas Senate recently passed a bill SB 736 that would terminate the statutory grant of authority that currently allows the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to sell power to public retail customers The filing of two identical bills (HB 1685 / SB 736) to end the GLO's State Power Program had been first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com in February As originally written, the bills would have stricken from current Section 35.102 of the Utilities Code the authority for the GLO to sell or convey "power" directly to a public retail customer, effective September 1, 2017. The GLO would retain the authority to sell natural gas to public retail customers under the bills As passed by the Senate, the GLO Commissioner's authority to sell or convey power would expire September 1, 2022 Chron.com reports that the House Land and Resource Management Committee, which already left HB 1685 pending previously, was expected to address the bill at a hearing yesterday; however, it did not appear the bill was ultimately taken up during such hearing. Currently, the GLO offers retail electricity supply to various public entities under the State Power Program (SPP), with Cavallo Energy Texas LLC (Champion Energy/Calpine) acting as the supplier. Public retail customers eligible for the program include schools, cities and counties, state agencies, and other public facilities. Chron.com also reports on the impetus for the bill and the REP pushing for its passage See Chron.com for more
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