Bill Text: TX HB2763 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the exclusion of broadcasting facilities from load shedding participation during a rolling blackout.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2763 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2763-Introduced.html
| 87R10683 JXC-D | ||
| By: Rogers | H.B. No. 2763 | |
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| relating to the exclusion of broadcasting 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 CERTAIN BROADCASTING 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 | ||
| commercial or public radio or television broadcasting 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. | ||
