Monitoring the SessionSB 1003
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Your panels offset your usage and extra power gets credited. Until the commission approves something else.
This bill lets the state utility commission approve a different way to pay owners of rooftop solar and other small renewable generators in certain parts of Texas outside the main ERCOT grid. It touches homeowners and businesses with these systems who connect through a single meter, plus their electric utility and the commission. Today their generation offsets their usage and extra power is credited to them, and under this bill that guaranteed setup holds only until the commission approves an alternative method.
Labels: BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 2257 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
89R-SB1003 · 2025-01-29
relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT.
Your panels offset your usage and extra power gets credited. Until the commission approves something else.
This bill lets the state utility commission approve a different way to pay owners of rooftop solar and other small renewable generators in certain parts of Texas outside the main ERCOT grid. It touches homeowners and businesses with these systems who connect through a single meter, plus their electric utility and the commission. Today their generation offsets their usage and extra power is credited to them, and under this bill that guaranteed setup holds only until the commission approves an alternative method.
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No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source
Fiscal note · version I · April 2, 2025
No first-year general revenue figure available here.
LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.
Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
DATA CENTERS, WATER AND THE GRID
The bill lets regulators replace the current net-metering credit for small renewable generators outside ERCOT, changing who gets paid for power sent back to the grid.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 10, 2024 to Jun 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$25,750.00
Also funds 5 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 12, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100989095.
$25,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 3, 2024 to Jan 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100989095, 101009709, 101033590, 101060872.
$25,000.00
Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Dec 14, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100989095.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$25,750.00
Also funds 5 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 12, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100989095.
$25,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 3, 2024 to Jan 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100989095, 101009709, 101033590, 101060872.
$25,000.00
Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Dec 14, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100989095.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source
Fiscal note · version I · April 2, 2025
No first-year general revenue figure available here.
LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.
Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Sen. Blanco, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 22, 2023: Referred to Business & Commerce
Relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Jan 29, 2025
04/03/2025 S Left pending in committee
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Business & Commerce · Final status: Died in committee
HB 912 by Moody (identical)
Energy--General
Utilities--Electric
Utilities--General
RENEWABLE ENERGY
PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
The text as introduced · 170 words
89R1749 ANG-F By: Blanco S.B. No. 1003 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 39.554(f), Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows: (f) Unless the commission approves an alternative method for compensating a distributed renewable generation owner for electricity generated by distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility, for [ For ] a distributed renewable generation owner that chooses interconnection through a single meter under Subsection (e): (1) the amount of electricity the owner generates through distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility for a given billing period offsets the owner's consumption for that billing period; and (2) any electricity the owner generates through distributed renewable generation or a qualifying facility that exceeds the owner's consumption for a given billing period shall be credited to the owner under Subsection (g). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.