Bill Text: TX HB4984 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reporting by operators of certain gas supply chain facilities and gas pipeline facilities on a failure to perform a contractual obligation due to a weather emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-03 - Left pending in committee [HB4984 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4984-Introduced.html
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By: Anchía | H.B. No. 4984 |
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relating to reporting by operators of certain gas supply chain | ||
facilities and gas pipeline facilities on a failure to perform a | ||
contractual obligation due to a weather emergency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 86.044, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows: | ||
(g-1) The commission by rule shall require each operator of | ||
a gas supply chain facility that fails to perform a contractual | ||
obligation related to the provision of natural gas in the | ||
electricity supply chain as mapped under Section 38.203, Utilities | ||
Code, due to force majeure during a weather emergency to report the | ||
failure and force majeure to the commission not later than the 60th | ||
day after the date of the failure. Information provided by an | ||
operator of a gas supply chain facility under this subsection is | ||
confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, | ||
Government Code, unless the requestor is a party to the contract. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 121.2015, Utilities Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: | ||
(e-1) The railroad commission by rule shall require each gas | ||
pipeline facility operator described by Subsection (a)(3) that | ||
fails to perform a contractual obligation regarding the provision | ||
of gas in the electricity supply chain as mapped under Section | ||
38.203 due to force majeure during a weather emergency to report the | ||
failure and force majeure to the railroad commission not later than | ||
the 60th day after the date of the failure. Information provided by | ||
a gas pipeline facility operator under this subsection is | ||
confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, | ||
Government Code, unless the requestor is a party to the contract. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |