Bill Text: TX HB574 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of adaptive model data analytics software by the independent organization certified to manage the ERCOT power region.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB574 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB574-Introduced.html
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| By: Rosenthal | H.B. No. 574 | |
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| relating to the use of adaptive model data analytics software by the | ||
| independent organization certified to manage the ERCOT power | ||
| region. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 39.151, Utilities Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (g-9) to read as follows: | ||
| (g-9) To maintain certification as an independent | ||
| organization under this section, an organization must use adaptive | ||
| model data analytics software in forecasting power generation | ||
| system availability. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) An independent organization certified under | ||
| Section 39.151, Utilities Code, by the Public Utility Commission of | ||
| Texas before September 1, 2025, shall begin to use adaptive model | ||
| data analytics software to comply with Section 39.151, Utilities | ||
| Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as practicable, but not later | ||
| than September 1, 2026. | ||
| (b) After September 1, 2026, the Public Utility Commission | ||
| of Texas may decertify an independent organization that does not | ||
| use adaptive model data analytics software to comply with Section | ||
| 39.151, Utilities Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
