87R10624 JXC-D
By: Rogers H.B. No. 2762
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exclusion of certain facilities from load shedding
participation during a rolling blackout.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.0721 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.0721. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES FROM ROLLING
BLACKOUT. The commission by rule shall require each electric
utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative to
exclude any circuits that provide power to a hospital facility
licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or to a facility
necessary to provide water to wholesale customers from
participation in the utility's or cooperative's attempt to shed
load in response to a rolling blackout initiated by an independent
organization certified under Section 39.151 or another reliability
council or power pool in which the utility or cooperative operates.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.