Relating to the recovery of vegetation management costs by electric utilities.

HB 4302 allows electric utilities in Texas to recover vegetation management costs (like tree trimming near power lines) more efficiently. It requires the Public Utility Commission to establish rules for timely adjustments to utilities' vegetation management factors, ensuring costs are allocated based on historical customer usage and collected within 90 days (or a longer period if a 10%+ bill increase is avoided). The bill mandates that under-collected or over-collected costs must be adjusted through interim billing changes, with customers receiving notice and hearing opportunities if they protest. It also clarifies that protests cannot challenge the reasonableness of costs - only the calculation method - separating cost prudence from recovery adjustments.