Bill Text: TX HB4591 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the membership and meetings of the Texas Energy Reliability Council.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4591 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4591-Introduced.html

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88R14167 ANG-D
By: Goldman H.B. No. 4591

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the membership and meetings of the Texas Energy
Reliability Council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 418.303(a), Government Code, as added by
Chapter 426 (S.B. 3), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The council is composed of:
(1) the chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas;
(2) the presiding officer of the Public Utility
Commission of Texas;
(3) the chief executive of the Office of Public
Utility Counsel;
(4) the presiding officer of the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality;
(5) the chair of the Texas Transportation Commission;
(6) a person to represent the independent organization
certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power
region, appointed by the governor;
(7) the chief;
(8) eight [five] persons to represent participants in
the natural gas supply chain in this state, appointed by the
Railroad Commission of Texas to represent as many types of
participants as possible;
(9) five persons to represent the electric industry,
appointed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, including:
(A) one person to represent entities that provide
dispatchable electric energy to the power grid in this state;
(B) one person to represent transmission and
distribution utilities, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities
Code;
(C) one person to represent retail electric
providers, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;
(D) one person to represent municipally owned
utilities, as defined by Section 11.003, Utilities Code; and
(E) one person to represent electric
cooperatives;
(10) three persons to represent energy sectors not
otherwise represented on the council, appointed by the Public
Utility Commission of Texas; and
(11) five persons to represent industrial concerns,
appointed by the governor, including:
(A) one person to represent motor fuel producers;
and
(B) one person to represent chemical
manufacturers.
SECTION 2. Section 418.308, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The council may not develop or present policy
recommendations for participants in the energy and electric
industries or for state agencies or local entities that regulate
energy and electric industries except for the purposes of reporting
to the legislature its recommendations under Section 418.310.
SECTION 3. Section 418.309, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A member of the council may describe publicly the
subject of any matter deliberated in a meeting of the council. The
description may not contain or disclose specific confidential
information.
SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Railroad Commission of Texas shall appoint members
to the Texas Energy Reliability Council as required by this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.