| 1 | 1 | | 87R11268 BRG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2686 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to interconnection of transmission facilities in ERCOT |
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| 8 | 8 | | with transmission facilities outside of ERCOT. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 39.159 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 39.159. REQUIRED INTERCONNECTION WITH TRANSMISSION |
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| 13 | 13 | | FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF ERCOT. (a) The commission shall identify |
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| 14 | 14 | | transmission facilities in ERCOT that may be interconnected with |
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| 15 | 15 | | transmission facilities outside of ERCOT for the purpose of |
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| 16 | 16 | | allowing federal regulation of transmission service and wholesale |
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| 17 | 17 | | power sales in ERCOT. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall |
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| 19 | 19 | | require an electric utility, municipally owned utility, or electric |
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| 20 | 20 | | cooperative that owns a transmission facility identified by the |
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| 21 | 21 | | commission under Subsection (a) to make requests, obtain approvals, |
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| 22 | 22 | | enter into contracts, and construct facilities as necessary to |
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| 23 | 23 | | interconnect the facility with a transmission facility outside of |
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| 24 | 24 | | ERCOT. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2022, the Public |
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| 26 | 26 | | Utility Commission of Texas shall examine the laws and rules |
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| 27 | 27 | | governing electric utilities in this state to determine how Section |
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| 28 | 28 | | 39.159, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, may affect the |
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| 29 | 29 | | application of those laws and rules and shall adopt recommendations |
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| 30 | 30 | | for legislative and administrative action as necessary to implement |
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| 31 | 31 | | that section as effectively as practicable. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. (a) Section 39.159, Utilities Code, as added by |
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| 33 | 33 | | this Act, takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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