Bill Text: TX SB1488 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of bulk-power system equipment by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1488 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1488-Introduced.html
| By: Hall | S.B. No. 1488 | |
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| relating to the regulation of bulk-power system equipment by the | ||
| Public Utility Commission of Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Utilities Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER D. BULK-POWER SYSTEM TRANSACTIONS | ||
| Sec. 32.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Bulk-power system" means: | ||
| (A) the facilities and control systems necessary | ||
| for operating an interconnected electric energy transmission | ||
| network or a portion of a network, other than: | ||
| (i) transmission lines rated at less than | ||
| 69,000 volts; and | ||
| (ii) facilities used in the local | ||
| distribution of electric energy; and | ||
| (B) electric energy from generation facilities | ||
| needed to maintain transmission reliability. | ||
| (2) "Bulk-power system equipment" means items used in | ||
| bulk-power system substations, control rooms, or power generating | ||
| stations, including reactors, capacitors, substation transformers, | ||
| current coupling capacitors, large generators, backup generators, | ||
| substation voltage regulators, shunt capacitor equipment, | ||
| automatic circuit reclosers, instrument transformers, coupling | ||
| capacity voltage transformers, protective relaying, metering | ||
| equipment, high voltage circuit breakers, generation turbines, | ||
| industrial control systems, distributed control systems, and | ||
| safety instrumented systems. | ||
| Sec. 32.152. BULK-POWER SYSTEM TRANSACTIONS. (a) The | ||
| commission by rule shall prohibit the acquisition, importation, | ||
| transfer, or installation of bulk-power system equipment in this | ||
| state as part of a transaction that the commission determines | ||
| presents an undue security or safety risk to the bulk-power system | ||
| in this state because of potential: | ||
| (1) sabotage to or subversion of the design, | ||
| integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation, | ||
| operation, or maintenance of the bulk-power system in this state; | ||
| or | ||
| (2) catastrophic effects for the security or | ||
| resiliency of critical infrastructure or the economy of this state. | ||
| (b) The commission shall: | ||
| (1) design or negotiate measures to mitigate risks | ||
| described by Subsection (a); and | ||
| (2) require that a person acquiring, importing, | ||
| transferring, or installing bulk-power system equipment in this | ||
| state incorporate a mitigation measure in the acquisition, | ||
| importation, transfer, or installation. | ||
| (c) The commission shall no later than September 1, 2022: | ||
| (1) establish and publish criteria for pre-approving | ||
| particular equipment and particular vendors in the bulk-power | ||
| system equipment market as compliant with this section; and | ||
| (2) publish a list of pre-approved equipment and | ||
| vendors. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 32, Utilities Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to a contract for the acquisition, | ||
| importation, transfer, or installation of bulk-power system | ||
| equipment entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
