Sec. 36.208.  PAYMENT TO QUALIFYING FACILITY.  In establishing an electric utility's rates, the regulatory authority shall:
(1)  consider a payment made to a qualifying facility under an agreement certified under Subchapter C, Chapter 35, to be a reasonable and necessary operating expense of the electric utility during the period for which the certification is effective;  and
(2)  allow full, concurrent, and monthly recovery of the amount of the payment.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.