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Texas Utilities Code - UTIL § 39.654. Commission-authorized Financing

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The commission may contract with another state agency with expertise in public financing to establish a debt financing mechanism to finance the payment of the uplift balance under an order that meets the requirements of Section 39.653.

(b) The contracted state agency and any issuer must be a party to the commission's proceedings that address the issuance of an order along with the independent organization.

(c) In addition to the other applicable requirements of this subtitle, an order issued under this section must:

(1) require the sale, assignment, or other transfer to the contracted state agency of uplift charges created by the order and, following that sale, assignment, or transfer, require that uplift charges paid under any order be created, assessed, and collected as the property of the contracted state agency, subject to subsequent sale, assignment, or transfer by the contracted state agency as authorized under this subchapter;

(2) authorize:

(A) the issuance of debt obligations by the contracted state agency secured by a pledge of uplift charge revenue, and the application of the proceeds of those debt obligations, net of issuance costs, to the independent organization; or

(B) the acquisition of uplift charge revenue from the independent organization by the contracted state agency, financed:

(i) by a loan by an issuer to the contracted state agency of the proceeds of debt obligations, net of issuance costs; or

(ii) by the acquisition by an issuer from the contracted state agency of the uplift charge revenue and in each case the pledge of the revenue to the repayment of the loan or debt obligations, as applicable; and

(3) authorize the independent organization to serve as collection agent to collect the uplift charges and transfer the collected uplift charges to the contracted state agency or the issuer, as appropriate.

(d) After issuance of the order, the contracted state agency shall arrange for the issuance of debt obligations, as specified by the order, by the contracted state agency or another issuer selected by the contracted state agency and approved by the commission.

(e) Debt obligations issued pursuant to an order issued under this section are secured only by the uplift charge revenue and any other funds pledged under the bond documents. No assets of the state or the independent organization are subject to claims by the holders of the debt obligations. Following assignment of the uplift charge revenue, the independent organization does not have any beneficial interest or claim of right in the revenue.

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