PURPOSE — Texas Code § UT.41.151

§ UT.41.151. PURPOSE

PURPOSE. (a) The purpose of this subchapter is to enable electric cooperatives to use securitization financing to recover extraordinary costs and expenses incurred due to the abnormal weather events that occurred in this state in the period beginning 12:00 a.m., February 12, 2021, and ending at 11:59 p.m., February 20, 2021. This type of debt will reduce the cost of financing the extraordinary costs and expenses relative to the costs that would be incurred using conventional electric cooperative financing methods. The proceeds of the securitized bonds shall be used solely for the purposes of financing or refinancing the extraordinary costs and expenses, including costs relating to consummation and administration of the securitized financing. The board of each electric cooperative involved in the financing shall ensure that securitization provides tangible and quantifiable benefits to its members, greater than would have been achieved absent the issuance of securitized bonds. Each board that chooses to securitize under this subchapter shall ensure that the structuring and pricing of the securitized bonds are consistent with market conditions and the terms of the financing order. This subchapter may be used by a group of electric cooperatives to issue securitized bonds in a combined securitization transaction. (b) A cooperative that owes the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 , Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region amounts incurred as a result of operations during the period beginning 12:01 a.m., February 12, 2021, and ending at 11:59 p.m., February 20, 2021, shall: (1) use all means necessary to securitize the amount owed the independent organization, calculated solely according to the protocols of the independent organization in effect during the period of emergency promulgated subject to the approval of the commission; and (2) fully repay the amount described by Subdivision (1) immediately upon receipt of the securitized amount along with any additional amounts necessary to fully satisfy the amount owed. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1580 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2021.