83R10208 RWG-D
By: Carona S.B. No. 1139
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exclusion of hospital facilities from a rolling
blackout.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.006. EXCLUSION OF HOSPITAL 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 hospital facility from
participation in the utility's or cooperative's attempt to shed
load in response to a rolling blackout initiated by the Electric
Reliability Council of Texas or another reliability council or
power pool in which the utility or cooperative operates.
SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall
adopt rules required by Section 38.006, Utilities Code, as added by
this Act, as soon as possible after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.