Bill Text: TX HB2816 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to electric reliability standards adopted by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2816 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2816-Introduced.html
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| By: Thierry | H.B. No. 2816 | |
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| relating to electric reliability standards adopted by the Public | ||
| Utility Commission of Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 38.005, Utilities Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
| (g) The independent organization described by Section | ||
| 39.151 shall determine the amount of reserve capacity necessary to | ||
| maintain a 1 in 10 reliability standard in the ERCOT power region. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Public | ||
| Utility Commission of Texas shall determine whether the reliability | ||
| standards adopted under Section 38.005(g), Utilities Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, ensure that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas | ||
| power region's electrical network maintains the necessary amount of | ||
| reserve capacity. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall | ||
| report its findings under this section to the legislature. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
