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15.11. Assignment of Rebate or Incentive.
AFRED may authorize payment of a rebate or incentive to a dealer or
equipment supplier only by assignment from an applicant. Rebate or
incentive amounts assigned shall be those in effect on the installation
date of eligible equipment. An applicant may apply to assign a rebate
or incentive to a dealer or equipment supplier by completing and sub-
mitting the form prescribed for that purpose.
15.12. Compliance.
(a) An applicant, dealer or equipment supplier may be sus-
pended from or declared ineligible to participate in the rebate and in-
centive program if, in the judgment of the AFRED director, the appli-
cant, dealer or equipment supplier has submitted false information or
otherwise violated a rule in this chapter.
(b) Within 30 days after the AFRED director mails a notice of
suspension or ineligibility to an applicant, dealer or equipment supplier,
the applicant, dealer or equipment supplier may appeal the suspension
or declaration of ineligibility in writing to the commission. Actions
taken by the commission with respect to such appeals are final.
15.13. Complaints.
(a) Any person may file a complaint about an applicant, a
dealer or another person regarding alleged violations of rules in this
chapter. Complaints should be sent in writing to the director at the
address set forth in 15.6(e) of this title (relating to Application).
(b) Complaints that an installation does not comply with the
commission's LP-gas, CNG, or LNG safety rules should be sent in writ-
ing to the director of LP-Gas Operations at the same address.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal author-
ity to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on August 6, 2013.
TRD-201303253
Cristina Martinez Self
Rules Attorney, Office of General Counsel
Railroad Commission of Texas
Earliest possible date of adoption: September 22, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1295
PART 2. PUBLIC UTILITY
COMMISSION OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 25. SUBSTANTIVE RULES
APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE
PROVIDERS
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) proposes
amendments to 25.29, relating to Disconnection of Service, and
25.483, relating to Disconnection of Service. The amendments
are proposed pursuant to House Bill 1772, of the 83rd Texas
Legislature, Regular Session, enacted in 2013. The purposes of
the amendments are to update the responsibilities of retail elec-
tric providers and vertically integrated electric utilities to provide
notice when electric power to a non-submetered master metered
multifamily property is disconnected for non-payment and to es-
tablish a mechanism by which a municipality may provide the
commission with the contact information of the municipality's au-
thorized representative for such notice of service disconnection.
Project Number 41614 is assigned to this proceeding.David Smithson, Retail Market Analyst, has determined that for
each year of the first five-year period the proposed sections are
in effect there will be no fiscal implications for state and local gov-
ernments as a result of enforcing or administering the proposed
sections.
Mr. Smithson has determined that for each year of the first five
years the proposed sections are in effect, the primary public
benefits anticipated as a result of enforcement of the proposed
sections will be better communication with municipalities to pro-
vide notice of impending disconnections of power to non-subme-
tered master metered multifamily properties for nonpayment. Mr.
Smithson has determined that for each year of the first five years
the proposed sections are in effect the economic cost to persons
required to comply with the proposed sections will be limited to
the requirement for sellers of retail electric power, specifically
retail electric providers and vertically integrated electric utilities,
to notify municipalities of pending disconnection of non-subme-
tered master metered multifamily properties if the property is lo-
cated in a municipality and the municipality establishes a repre-
sentative to receive the notice.
Mr. Smithson has also determined that for each year of the first
five years the proposed sections are in effect there should be no
effect on a local economy, and therefore no local employment
impact statement is required under the Administrative Procedure
Act (APA), Texas Government Code 2001.022.
Mr. Smithson has determined that there will be no adverse eco-
nomic effect on small businesses or micro-businesses as a result
of enforcing these sections. Therefore, no regulatory flexibility
analysis is required.
The commission staff will conduct a public hearing on this rule-
making, if requested pursuant to the Administrative Procedure
Act, Texas Government Code 2001.029, on Monday, Septem-
ber 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the commission's offices located
in the William B. Travis Building, 1701 North Congress Avenue,
Austin, Texas 78701. The request for a public hearing must be
received within 10 days of publication in the Texas Register. If
requested, notice of a public hearing will be posted under this
proceeding, Project Number 41614.
Comments on the proposed sections should be submitted to the
Filing Clerk, Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Con-
gress Avenue, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326, by
Friday, September 6, 2013. Sixteen copies of comments are re-
quired to be filed pursuant to 22.71(c). Comments should be
organized in a manner consistent with the organization of the
rule. All comments should refer to Project Number 41614.
SUBCHAPTER B. CUSTOMER SERVICE AND
PROTECTION
16 TAC 25.29
The amendments are proposed under the Public Utility Regu-
latory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated 14.002 (West 2007
and Supp. 2012) (PURA), which provides authority to the com-
mission to make and enforce rules reasonably required in the
exercise of its powers and jurisdiction; and specifically House
Bill 1772, of the 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, that
enacted in part new PURA 17.202 and 17.203. The new
PURA 17.202 requires a retail electric provider or vertically in-
tegrated utility to send a written notice to a municipality before
the retail electric provider or vertically integrated utility discon-
nects electric service to a non-submetered master metered mul-
tifamily property for nonpayment if certain conditions apply. The38 TexReg 5388 August 23, 2013 Texas Register
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