Bill Text: TX HB608 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to electric power purchased for the ERCOT power region.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-04 - Referred to State Affairs [HB608 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB608-Introduced.html

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89R3503 CXP-D
By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 608

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to electric power purchased for the ERCOT power region.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.171 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.171. RESTRICTION ON POWER PURCHASED FOR ERCOT POWER
REGION. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall
prohibit an independent organization certified under Section
39.151 for the ERCOT power region from purchasing more electricity
on a daily basis from a facility capable of generating electricity
for the ERCOT power region than the facility's base generation
capacity.
(b) This section does not apply during a peak demand event
declared by the commission.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.