Bill Text: TX HB2899 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a task force to improve the reliability of electric service in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2899 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2899-Introduced.html
87R11760 JXC-D | ||
By: Lopez | H.B. No. 2899 |
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relating to the creation of a task force to improve the reliability | ||
of electric service in this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Grid Task Force is established to | ||
evaluate the regulation of the provision of electric services in | ||
this state in the manner provided by this Act. | ||
(b) The governor shall appoint the members of the Texas Grid | ||
Task Force. The membership must include: | ||
(1) the Texas state climatologist; | ||
(2) a person to represent the Railroad Commission of | ||
Texas; | ||
(3) a person to represent the independent organization | ||
certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power | ||
region; | ||
(4) a person to represent the Public Utility | ||
Commission of Texas; | ||
(5) a person to represent the Energy Systems | ||
Laboratory of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station; | ||
(6) a member of the house state affairs committee; | ||
(7) a member of the senate state affairs committee; | ||
(8) a member of the house energy resources committee; | ||
(9) a member of the senate natural resources and | ||
economic development committee; and | ||
(10) a person to represent the electric energy | ||
industry. | ||
(c) The Texas Grid Task Force shall examine information | ||
included in and recommendations made in previous reports issued by | ||
the independent organization certified under Section 39.151, | ||
Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region, the Sunset Advisory | ||
Commission, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Federal | ||
Energy Regulatory Commission, and the North American Electric | ||
Reliability Corporation about improving the reliability of | ||
electric service in this state, including: | ||
(1) winterization of generation assets and | ||
transmission and distribution facilities; | ||
(2) electric energy storage capacities; | ||
(3) how the relative reliability of generation sources | ||
affects the calculation of the ERCOT power region reserve margin; | ||
and | ||
(4) the implementation of rolling blackouts and the | ||
related designation of critical infrastructure. | ||
(d) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Texas Grid Task | ||
Force shall submit to the Public Utility Commission of Texas and to | ||
the legislature recommended changes to statutes and rules to | ||
improve the reliability of electric service in this state. | ||
(e) Not later than April 1, 2022, the Public Utility | ||
Commission of Texas shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding if | ||
necessary to implement the recommendations of the Texas Grid Task | ||
Force. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |