Senate Bill 1252, a 2025 Texas law (signed June 20, 2025, effective September 2025), regulates how residential energy backup systems — battery storage, generators, and solar backup installations — are installed and inspected in Texas. Its licensing core: this work must be performed by licensed Texas electrical contractors with licensed electricians, in compliance with the National Electrical Code and state codes. The law also regulates municipal authority over the installation and inspection of these systems.
The timing matters because home energy systems are exactly where the NEC has been expanding: the 2023 NEC added provisions for energy storage systems and electric vehicle supply equipment, both increasingly common in Texas homes — and energy storage is on the agenda again as Texas moves to the 2026 NEC on September 1, 2026.
For electricians, SB 1252 is a work-category unlock rather than a compliance burden: backup power installation is a growing category that now sits squarely inside the licensed trade, performed under an Electrical Contractor license with its Master of Record.
What it means for your renewal
More licensed-only work raises the cost of letting a license lapse. Staying renewed — 4 CE hours plus your TDLR fee each year — keeps you eligible for the backup-systems work SB 1252 reserves for licensed electricians, and the NEC hours in your CE cover the energy storage provisions this work is built on.
Authority: Texas Senate Bill 1252 (2025)