Bill Text: TX HB3915 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of certain premises as critical load premises for electric service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-11 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB3915 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3915-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of certain premises as critical load premises for electric service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-11 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB3915 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3915-Introduced.html
By: Goldman | H.B. No. 3915 |
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relating to the designation of certain premises as critical load. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.074 as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.074. CRITICAL LOAD DESIGNATION. (a) The | ||
commission by rule shall establish a process for priority of | ||
designation and eligibility requirements for a transmission and | ||
distribution utility to designate a premise as critical load. The | ||
commission shall coordinate with other agencies with primary | ||
jurisdiction over entities with critical load designation | ||
premises. | ||
(b) In providing eligibility requirements under Subsection | ||
(a), the commission shall include premises for upstream natural gas | ||
production, midstream natural gas transportation, fuel production, | ||
nitrogen supply, hydrogen supply, water supply, and | ||
telecommunications. | ||
(c) The commission shall make an annual report to the | ||
legislature regarding critical load entity designation, including | ||
implementation and results, beginning no later than January 1, | ||
2022. | ||
SECTION 3. The Public Utility Commission shall adopt rules | ||
as required by Section 38.074 Utilities Code, as added by this Act, | ||
not later than September 1, 2021 if the Act takes immediate effect. | ||
The Public Utility Commission shall adopt rules as required by | ||
Section 38.074, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, not later than | ||
November 1, 2021 if the Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article II, Texas Constitution. If this Act | ||
does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act | ||
takes effect September 1, 2021. |