Bill Text: TX HB3047 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding grid resilience and emergency response in electric power generation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3047 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3047-Introduced.html
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By: Thierry | H.B. No. 3047 |
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relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas | ||
regarding grid resilience and emergency response in electric power | ||
generation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "commission" means the | ||
Public Utility Commission of Texas. | ||
SECTION 2. GRID RESILIENCE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE STUDY. | ||
(a) The commission shall conduct a study on electric grid | ||
resilience and emergency response in electric power generation. | ||
(b) The study conducted under this section must include: | ||
(1) an analysis of: | ||
(A) technologies, methods, and concepts that may | ||
improve community resilience to frequent or long-duration power | ||
outages; | ||
(B) upgrades and improvements to grid | ||
infrastructure to accommodate projected changes in power demand; | ||
and | ||
(C) previous long-duration power outages that | ||
occurred over a large area to identify common elements and best | ||
practices for electricity restoration and the mitigation and | ||
prevention of future outages; and | ||
(2) the development of: | ||
(A) methods to improve government and community | ||
preparation for long-duration power outages and power outages that | ||
occur over a large area; | ||
(B) tools to help electric utilities ensure | ||
continuous delivery of electricity to emergency facilities; | ||
(C) tools to improve coordination between the | ||
independent organization certified under Section 39.151, Utilities | ||
Code, for the ERCOT power region, entities that distribute electric | ||
energy, and political subdivisions; | ||
(D) technologies and capabilities to withstand | ||
and address the current and predicted effect of extreme weather | ||
events and other natural disasters, including the effect of the | ||
changing climate on electric grid infrastructure; | ||
(E) methods to improve information sharing | ||
between relevant federal and state agencies in the event of a mass | ||
power outage, or a physical or cyber attack on electric | ||
infrastructure; | ||
(F) advance monitoring, analytics, operation, | ||
and controls of electric grid systems to improve electric grid | ||
resilience; | ||
(G) methods to maintain cybersecurity during | ||
restoration of electric grid infrastructure and operation; and | ||
(H) methods to strengthen against or otherwise | ||
mitigate adverse effects on electric grid infrastructure from | ||
natural hazards. | ||
(c) In conducting the study, the commission may collaborate | ||
with other state agencies, institutions of higher education, | ||
nonprofit corporations, electric utilities, and other interested | ||
persons. | ||
SECTION 3. REPORT. Not later than September 1, 2024, the | ||
commission shall report the results of the study conducted under | ||
this Act and any recommendations to the legislature. The report | ||
must include any statutory changes necessary to implement the | ||
recommendations made in the report. | ||
SECTION 4. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. The commission may | ||
initiate a demonstration project to prove the effectiveness of a | ||
concept, technology, strategy, practice, or method related to any | ||
topic of the study conducted under this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. EXPIRATION. This Act expires December 31, 2024. | ||
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
1, 2023. |