87R11597 JXC-D
By: Bucy H.B. No. 2861
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exclusion of certain medical 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 38.0722 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.0722. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN MEDICAL 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
facility that treats patients with end stage renal disease 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.