87S21053 JXC-D
 
  By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 230
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to accessing transmission service and power at wholesale
  outside of the ERCOT power region.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
  amended by adding Section 39.166 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.166.  ACCESS TO WHOLESALE POWER AND TRANSMISSION
  SERVICE OUTSIDE THE ERCOT POWER REGION. Notwithstanding any other
  law, a transmission and distribution utility, municipally owned
  utility, or electric cooperative that transmits or distributes
  power purchased at wholesale in the ERCOT power region may
  construct, own, and operate facilities as necessary to:
               (1)  access transmission service from outside of the
  ERCOT power region; and 
               (2)  purchase power at wholesale from outside of the
  ERCOT power region.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than November 1, 2022, the Public
  Utility Commission of Texas shall examine the laws and rules
  governing electric utilities in this state to determine how Section
  39.166, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, may affect the
  application of those laws and rules and shall adopt recommendations
  for legislative and administrative action as necessary to implement
  that section as effectively as practicable.
         SECTION 3.  (a) Section 39.166, Utilities Code, as added by
  this Act, takes effect September 1, 2023.
         (b)  Section 2 of this Act takes effect on the 91st day after
  the last day of the legislative session.