87R11232 JXC-D
By: Larson H.B. No. 2849
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the winter weather emergency preparedness of facilities
that provide electric service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 35.0025 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.0025. WEATHER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. The
commission by rule shall require each provider of generation in the
ERCOT power region to implement measures to prepare the provider's
generation facilities to provide adequate electric generation
service during a winter weather emergency.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.