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| 1 | 1 | 87R10771 JXC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 2661 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to rolling blackouts. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended by adding Section 38.074 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 38.074. ROLLING BLACKOUTS. The commission by rule | |
| 12 | 12 | shall require each electric utility, municipally owned utility, and | |
| 13 | 13 | electric cooperative that is subject to a rolling blackout | |
| 14 | 14 | initiated by an independent organization certified under Section | |
| 15 | 15 | 39.151 to rotate customer curtailment so that no customer is | |
| 16 | 16 | subject to an outage of more than 12 hours. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. (a) The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall | |
| 18 | 18 | conduct a study on: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) methods to make the imposition of a rolling | |
| 20 | 20 | blackout equitable across the state; and | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) measures needed in this state to prevent the | |
| 22 | 22 | necessity of rolling blackouts. | |
| 23 | 23 | (b) Not later than September 1, 2022, the Public Utility | |
| 24 | 24 | Commission of Texas shall submit to the legislature a report on the | |
| 25 | 25 | results of the study. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |