Bill Text: TX SB1999 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the exclusion of broadcasting facilities from load shedding participation during a rolling blackout.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-04 - Left pending in committee [SB1999 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1999-Introduced.html
87R10683 JXC-D | ||
By: Springer | S.B. No. 1999 |
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relating to the exclusion of broadcasting facilities from load | ||
shedding participation during a rolling blackout. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.0722 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.0722. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN BROADCASTING FACILITIES | ||
FROM ROLLING BLACKOUT. The commission by rule shall require each | ||
electric utility, municipally owned utility, and electric | ||
cooperative to exclude any circuits that provide power to a | ||
commercial or public radio or television broadcasting facility from | ||
participation in the utility's or cooperative's attempt to shed | ||
load in response to a rolling blackout initiated by an independent | ||
organization certified under Section 39.151 or another reliability | ||
council or power pool in which the utility or cooperative operates. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |