Texas SB271 amends the eligibility criteria for critical care residential customers.

Texas SB271 amends the definition of "critical care residential customer" in the Utilities Code. It specifies that such a customer is one who has a person permanently residing in their home who has been diagnosed by a physician as being dependent upon an electric-powered medical device to sustain life or an elevator to access or exit the home. The Act can take effect immediately if it receives a two-thirds vote in both houses of the legislature, otherwise it will take effect on September 1, 2025.

Texas SB271 amends the eligibility criteria for critical care residential customers.

Texas SB271 amends the definition of "critical care residential customer" in the Utilities Code. It specifies that such a customer is one who has a person permanently residing in their home who has been diagnosed by a physician as being dependent upon an electric-powered medical device to sustain life or an elevator to access or exit the home. The Act can take effect immediately if it receives a two-thirds vote in both houses of the legislature, otherwise it will take effect on September 1, 2025.