Bill Text: TX HB4559 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the load shed protocols within the ERCOT power region; authorizing a study.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4559 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB4559-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Anchia H.B. No. 4559
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the load shed protocols within the ERCOT power region;
  authorizing a study.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall work with
  the independent organization certified under Section 39.151,
  Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region to:
               (1)  study and provide an analysis of load shed
  protocols implemented by the independent organization during
  extreme weather events, to determine whether residential elderly
  customers, low income residential customers, or residential
  customers with high risk medical conditions, experience harmful
  effects from the protocols; and
               (2)  consider changes that may be required to improve
  reliability of the electric grid system, including reducing rolling
  blackouts during extreme weather conditions.
         (b)  In conducting the analysis under Subsection (a) of this
  section, the commission must;
               (1)  seek stakeholder input and consider all generation
  resources, including distributed generation, electric storage,
  demand response, energy efficiency, and power generation; and
               (2)  provide an opportunity for a public hearing and
  the submission of public comment.
         (c)  The commission shall submit the study described by
  Subsection (a) to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house
  of representatives, and the members of the legislature not later
  than December 1, 2021.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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