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SB509Introduced in the Senate

Licensed suppliers of electric energy; aggregate demands, total retail load limit.

Introduced

Introduced by Schuyler VanValkenburg, District 16

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Electric utilities; licensed suppliers of electric energy; aggregate demands; total retail load limit. Amends provisions that permit two or more individual nonresidential retail customers of electric energy to petition the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to aggregate their electric demands for the purpose of purchasing electric energy from a licensed supplier. Under the bill, the five megawatt participation threshold is based on noncoincident peak demand in calendar year 2024 and any year thereafter. Under the bill, such customers are not required to petition the Commission for approval to aggregate their demands, but are required to notify the Commission and incumbent electric utility in writing that they have met the requirements for doing so. The bill makes it voluntary rather than mandatory for the Commission to impose certain periodic monitoring and reporting obligations for such customers to demonstrate continued compliance with the aggregate demand limitations.

Where it stands

Continued to next session in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

February 9, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Continued to next session in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) · February 9, 2026

15

Yes

0

No

0

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15 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105190D

  2. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB509)

  4. Continued to next session in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

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