Bill Text: TX HB3181 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the weather emergency preparedness of facilities for providing electric service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3181 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3181-Introduced.html
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| By: Rosenthal | H.B. No. 3181 | |
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| relating to the weather emergency preparedness of facilities for | ||
| providing electric service. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 35.0021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 35.0021. WEATHER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. (a) The | ||
| commission by rule shall require each provider of generation in the | ||
| ERCOT power region to implement measures to prepare the provider's | ||
| generation facilities to provide full electric generation service | ||
| at ambient temperatures between 0 degrees Fahrenheit and 120 | ||
| degrees Fahrenheit. | ||
| (b) The commission shall reduce the base capacity rating of | ||
| a generation facility that is operated in violation of a rule | ||
| adopted under Subsection (a) by 10 percent annually until the | ||
| generation facility is no longer in violation or until the base | ||
| capacity rating is reduced to zero. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
