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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2899 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2899-Introduced.html
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| 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. | ||
