84R10184 GRM-F
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1840
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standards for the Public Utility Commission of Texas to
grant or deny certain certificates of convenience and necessity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.056, Utilities Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) In evaluating the need for a certificate for a
transmission project that serves the ERCOT power region, the
commission may not use a reliability standard that is more
stringent than the reliability standards used by the National
Electric Reliability Council.
SECTION 2. 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, 2015.