Bill Text: TX SB1999 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to energy resources planning for electric generation in ERCOT.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1999 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1999-Introduced.html
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| By: Watson | S.B. No. 1999 | |
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| relating to energy resources planning for electric generation in | ||
| ERCOT. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 39.004 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.004. TEXAS ENERGY PLAN. (a) In consultation with | ||
| the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas, the independent organization certified under | ||
| Section 39.151, the Texas Water Development Board, and | ||
| representatives of the academic community involved with state | ||
| university energy programs, the commission shall develop a plan to | ||
| maximize the use of energy resources of this state for the | ||
| generation of electricity in the ERCOT region. | ||
| (b) The plan must: | ||
| (1) recognize and encourage the competitive market | ||
| structure in ERCOT; | ||
| (2) encourage investments in energy resources and | ||
| development of jobs in this state; | ||
| (3) encourage the development of a diverse portfolio | ||
| of clean, reliable, and competitively priced energy sources in this | ||
| state; | ||
| (4) promote research, pilot projects, and | ||
| market-based incentives to explore and expand long-term energy | ||
| options; and | ||
| (5) account for the statewide and regional water | ||
| planning process and means to reduce the use of water resources in | ||
| electric generation. | ||
| (c) The agencies and entities identified by Subsection (a) | ||
| shall use existing available resources to develop the plan. | ||
| (d) The commission shall submit the plan to the legislature | ||
| not later than December 31, 2018. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
