87R10869 JXC-D
 
  By: Allison H.B. No. 2604
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the exclusion of school facilities from load shedding
  participation during a rolling blackout.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is
  amended by adding Section 38.0722 to read as follows:
         Sec. 38.0722.  EXCLUSION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES FROM ROLLING
  BLACKOUT. The commission by rule shall require each electric
  utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative to
  exclude any circuits that provide power to a public elementary or
  secondary school facility from participation in the utility's or
  cooperative's attempt to shed load in response to a rolling
  blackout initiated by an independent organization certified under
  Section 39.151 or another reliability council or power pool in
  which the utility or cooperative operates.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.