Bill Text: TX SB771 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of transmission operators by certain municipally owned electric utilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB771 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB771-Introduced.html
88R4301 DIO-F | ||
By: Parker | S.B. No. 771 |
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relating to the designation of transmission operators by certain | ||
municipally owned electric utilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.0761 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.0761. DESIGNATION OF TRANSMISSION OPERATORS BY | ||
CERTAIN MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES. A municipally owned utility | ||
is not required to designate a transmission operator for compliance | ||
with load shedding duties and related obligations established by | ||
the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the | ||
ERCOT power region if the municipally owned utility: | ||
(1) is owned by a municipality with a population of | ||
less than 25,000; | ||
(2) has an annual peak demand of 25 megawatts or less; | ||
and | ||
(3) operates 10 or fewer distribution feeder circuits. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |