87R11866 JXC-D
By: Guerra H.B. No. 3059
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 the following facilities
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:
(1) a facility necessary to provide water to wholesale
customers; and
(2) a facility necessary to provide natural gas
transmission services.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.