By: Watson S.B. No. 1280
(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2013; March 13, 2013, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
April 11, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 2; April 11, 2013,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1280 By: Watson
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to attaining reserve capacity margins in power regions to
meet expected peak demand.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.161 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.161. POWER REGION RESERVE MARGIN. (a) Not later
than July 1 of each year, the independent organization certified
under Section 39.151 for each power region shall study and project
for the following year the:
(1) anticipated and installed generation capacity
located in or capable of delivering electricity to the power
region;
(2) expected peak demand in the power region; and
(3) amount of reserve capacity necessary to maintain a
reliability standard set by the commission for the power region.
(b) If the independent organization determines under
Subsection (a) that the amount of reserve capacity available for
the following year will not maintain the reliability standard
relative to the expected peak demand and a capacity deficit may
occur, the organization shall acquire incremental capacity through
opt-in load participation programs, with at least 20 percent of the
incremental capacity being attained from each of the following
classes:
(1) residential;
(2) commercial; and
(3) industrial.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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