| 1 | 1 | | By: Watson S.B. No. 1280 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2013; March 13, 2013, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 11, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 2; April 11, 2013, |
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| 6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1280 By: Watson |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to attaining reserve capacity margins in power regions to |
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| 13 | 13 | | meet expected peak demand. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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| 16 | 16 | | amended by adding Section 39.161 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 39.161. POWER REGION RESERVE MARGIN. (a) Not later |
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| 18 | 18 | | than July 1 of each year, the independent organization certified |
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| 19 | 19 | | under Section 39.151 for each power region shall study and project |
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| 20 | 20 | | for the following year the: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) anticipated and installed generation capacity |
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| 22 | 22 | | located in or capable of delivering electricity to the power |
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| 23 | 23 | | region; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) expected peak demand in the power region; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) amount of reserve capacity necessary to maintain a |
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| 26 | 26 | | reliability standard set by the commission for the power region. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) If the independent organization determines under |
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| 28 | 28 | | Subsection (a) that the amount of reserve capacity available for |
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| 29 | 29 | | the following year will not maintain the reliability standard |
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| 30 | 30 | | relative to the expected peak demand and a capacity deficit may |
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| 31 | 31 | | occur, the organization shall acquire incremental capacity through |
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| 32 | 32 | | opt-in load participation programs, with at least 20 percent of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | incremental capacity being attained from each of the following |
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| 34 | 34 | | classes: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) residential; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) commercial; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) industrial. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 39 | 39 | | * * * * * |
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