88R4301 DIO-F
 
  By: Parker S.B. No. 771
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.