Bill Text: TX HB3915 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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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-Comm_Sub.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-Comm_Sub.html
87R19045 CXP-F | |||
By: Goldman | H.B. No. 3915 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3915: | |||
By: Craddick | C.S.H.B. No. 3915 |
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relating to the designation of certain premises as critical load | ||
premises for electric service. | ||
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 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.074. CRITICAL LOAD PREMISES DESIGNATION. (a) The | ||
commission by rule shall establish a process for a transmission and | ||
distribution utility to designate and prioritize the designation of | ||
certain premises as critical load premises and adopt criteria for | ||
determining eligibility for the designation and priority. In | ||
establishing the process and adopting the criteria, the commission | ||
shall coordinate with other agencies that have primary jurisdiction | ||
over entities that own or operate premises that may be designated as | ||
critical load premises. | ||
(b) The eligibility criteria adopted under Subsection (a) | ||
must allow for premises used for the following activities to be | ||
eligible to be designated as critical load premises: | ||
(1) upstream natural gas production; | ||
(2) midstream natural gas transportation; | ||
(3) fuel production; | ||
(4) nitrogen supply; | ||
(5) hydrogen supply; | ||
(6) water supply; and | ||
(7) telecommunications. | ||
(c) Annually, the commission shall submit to the | ||
legislature a report regarding critical load premises | ||
designations, including analysis of the implementation and results | ||
of the designations. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Public | ||
Utility Commission of Texas shall submit to the legislature the | ||
first report required by Section 38.074, Utilities Code, as added | ||
by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. If this Act takes effect immediately, the Public | ||
Utility Commission of Texas shall adopt the rules required by | ||
Section 38.074, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, not later than | ||
September 1, 2021. If this Act takes effect September 1, 2021, the | ||
Public Utility Commission of Texas shall adopt rules as required by | ||
Section 38.074, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, not later than | ||
November 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 III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |