Bill Text: TX HB2167 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a gas inventory system by the independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-14 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2167 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2167-Introduced.html
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| By: Bryant | H.B. No. 2167 | |
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| relating to the creation of a gas inventory system by the | ||
| independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region, the | ||
| Public Utility Commission of Texas, and the Railroad Commission of | ||
| Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 121, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 121.159 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 121.159. GAS INVENTORY SYSTEM. (a) The railroad | ||
| commission shall collaborate with the independent organization | ||
| certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region and the | ||
| Public Utility Commission of Texas to create a gas inventory system | ||
| in the manner provided by this section. | ||
| (b) The railroad commission by rule shall require each | ||
| operator of an intrastate gas pipeline facility described by | ||
| Section 121.2015(a)(3) to provide to the independent organization | ||
| in real time information about the facility's available gas supply, | ||
| including through the use of telemetry or a hotline. | ||
| (c) Information in the gas inventory system is confidential | ||
| and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
