Bill Text: TX HB2033 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation and use of the electricity supply chain map.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB2033 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2033-Engrossed.html

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88R18793 ANG-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 2033

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation and use of the electricity supply chain
map.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.201, Utilities Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1)
to read as follows:
(a) In this subchapter, "electricity supply chain" means:
(1) facilities and methods used for producing,
treating, processing, pressurizing, storing, or transporting
natural gas for delivery to electric generation facilities; [and]
(2) critical infrastructure necessary to maintain
electricity service; and
(3) roads necessary to access facilities in the
electricity supply chain.
(a-1) A reference in this subchapter to the "electricity
supply chain" includes water and wastewater treatment plants.
(b) The Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping
Committee is established to:
(1) map this state's electricity supply chain;
(2) identify critical infrastructure sources in the
electricity supply chain;
(3) establish best practices to prepare facilities
[that provide electric service and natural gas service] in the
electricity supply chain to maintain service in an extreme weather
event and recommend oversight and compliance standards for those
facilities; and
(4) designate priority service needs to prepare for,
respond to, and recover from an extreme weather event.
(c) The committee is composed of:
(1) the executive director of the commission;
(2) the executive director of the Railroad Commission
of Texas;
(3) the president and the chief executive officer of
the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the
ERCOT power region; [and]
(4) the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency
Management; and
(5) the executive director of the Texas Department of
Transportation.
SECTION 2. Section 38.202(c), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The commission, the Railroad Commission of Texas, [and]
the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and the Texas
Department of Transportation shall provide staff as necessary to
assist the committee in carrying out the committee's duties and
responsibilities.
SECTION 3. Sections 38.203(a) and (e), Utilities Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The committee shall:
(1) map the state's electricity supply chain in order
to designate priority electricity service needs during extreme
weather events;
(2) identify and designate the sources in the
electricity supply chain necessary to operate critical
infrastructure, as defined by Section 421.001, Government Code;
(3) develop a communication system between critical
infrastructure sources, the commission, and the independent
organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power
region to ensure that electricity and natural gas supplies in the
electricity supply chain are prioritized to those sources during an
extreme weather event; and
(4) establish best practices to prepare facilities
[that provide electric service and natural gas service] in the
electricity supply chain to maintain service in an extreme weather
event and recommend oversight and compliance standards for those
facilities.
(e) The committee shall provide [the Texas Energy
Reliability Council with] access to the electricity supply chain
map to:
(1) the Texas Energy Reliability Council; and
(2) Texas Department of Transportation staff whose
duties include making repairs after disasters or emergencies.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.