Bill Text: TX HB228 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to electricity supply chain risk mitigation planning.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-25 - Filed [HB228 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB228-Introduced.html
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| By: Rosenthal | H.B. No. 228 | |
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| relating to electricity supply chain risk mitigation planning. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 86.044(d) and (e), Natural Resources | ||
| Code, as added by S.B. No. 3, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2021, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The commission by rule shall require an operator of a | ||
| gas supply chain facility to provide to the commission: | ||
| (1) a summary report of a criticality analysis of the | ||
| facility; | ||
| (2) a plan to mitigate risk factors identified in the | ||
| criticality analysis; and | ||
| (3) proof that the operator has implemented the plan | ||
| described by Subdivision (2) over a reasonable period, in a form | ||
| satisfactory to the commission, which may be in the form of | ||
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| (e) The commission shall report to the attorney general any | ||
| violation of a rule adopted under Subsection (c) that is not | ||
| remedied in a reasonable period of time [ |
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| SECTION 2. Section 35.0021(c), Utilities Code, as added by | ||
| S.B. No. 3, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The commission by rule shall require a provider of | ||
| electric generation service described by Subsection (a) to provide | ||
| to the commission: | ||
| (1) a summary report of a criticality analysis of the | ||
| provider's generation assets; | ||
| (2) a plan to mitigate risk factors identified in the | ||
| criticality analysis; and | ||
| (3) proof that the provider has implemented the plan | ||
| described by Subdivision (2) over a reasonable period, in a form | ||
| satisfactory to the commission, which may be in the form of | ||
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| SECTION 3. Section 38.075(b), Utilities Code, as added by | ||
| S.B. No. 3, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The commission by rule shall require each electric | ||
| cooperative, municipally owned utility, and transmission and | ||
| distribution utility providing transmission service in the ERCOT | ||
| power region to provide to the commission: | ||
| (1) a summary report of a criticality analysis of the | ||
| cooperative's or utility's facilities; | ||
| (2) a plan to mitigate risk factors identified in the | ||
| criticality analysis; and | ||
| (3) proof that the cooperative or utility has | ||
| implemented the plan described by Subdivision (2) over a reasonable | ||
| period, in a form satisfactory to the commission, which may be in | ||
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| SECTION 4. Sections 121.2015(c-1) and (c-2), Utilities | ||
| Code, as added by S.B. No. 3, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2021, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) The railroad commission by rule shall require an | ||
| operator of a gas pipeline facility described by Subsection (a)(3) | ||
| to provide to the railroad commission: | ||
| (1) a summary report of a criticality analysis of the | ||
| facility; | ||
| (2) a plan to mitigate risk factors identified in the | ||
| criticality analysis; and | ||
| (3) proof that the operator has implemented the plan | ||
| described by Subdivision (2) over a reasonable period, in a form | ||
| satisfactory to the commission, which may be in the form of | ||
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| (c-2) The railroad commission shall report to the attorney | ||
| general any violation of a rule adopted under Subsection (a)(3) | ||
| that is not remedied in a reasonable period of time [ |
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| SECTION 5. Sections 35.0021(c-1) and 38.075(c), Utilities | ||
| Code, as added by S.B. No. 3, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2021, are repealed. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
