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