Bill Text: TX HB3693 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the exclusion of retail facilities from load shedding participation during a rolling blackout.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3693-Introduced.html
By: Fierro | H.B. No. 3693 |
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relating to the exclusion of retail facilities from load shedding | ||
participation during a rolling blackout. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.0721 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.0721. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES FROM ROLLING | ||
BLACKOUT. The commission by rule shall require each electric | ||
utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative to | ||
exclude any circuits that provide power to a retailer or their | ||
distribution centers from participation in the utility's or | ||
cooperative's attempt to shed load in response to a rolling | ||
blackout initiated by an independent organization certified under | ||
Section 39.151 or another reliability council or power pool in | ||
which the utility or cooperative operates. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |