Bill Text: TX HB3177 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to accessing transmission service and power at wholesale outside of the ERCOT power region.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3177 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3177-Introduced.html
87R10677 BRG-D | ||
By: Rosenthal | H.B. No. 3177 |
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relating to accessing transmission service and power at wholesale | ||
outside of the ERCOT power region. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.159 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.159. ACCESS TO WHOLESALE POWER AND TRANSMISSION | ||
SERVICE OUTSIDE THE ERCOT POWER REGION. Notwithstanding any other | ||
law, a transmission and distribution utility, municipally owned | ||
utility, or electric cooperative that transmits or distributes | ||
power purchased at wholesale in the ERCOT power region may | ||
construct, own, and operate facilities as necessary to: | ||
(1) access transmission service from outside of the | ||
ERCOT power region; and | ||
(2) purchase power at wholesale from outside of the | ||
ERCOT power region. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2022, the Public | ||
Utility Commission of Texas shall examine the laws and rules | ||
governing electric utilities in this state to determine how Section | ||
39.159, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, may affect the | ||
application of those laws and rules and shall adopt recommendations | ||
for legislative and administrative action as necessary to implement | ||
that section as effectively as practicable. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Section 39.159, Utilities Code, as added by | ||
this Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
(b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |