| 1 | 1 | | 87R10677 BRG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 3177 |
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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 accessing transmission service and power at wholesale |
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| 8 | 8 | | outside of the ERCOT power region. |
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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. ACCESS TO WHOLESALE POWER AND TRANSMISSION |
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| 13 | 13 | | SERVICE OUTSIDE THE ERCOT POWER REGION. Notwithstanding any other |
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| 14 | 14 | | law, a transmission and distribution utility, municipally owned |
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| 15 | 15 | | utility, or electric cooperative that transmits or distributes |
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| 16 | 16 | | power purchased at wholesale in the ERCOT power region may |
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| 17 | 17 | | construct, own, and operate facilities as necessary to: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) access transmission service from outside of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | ERCOT power region; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) purchase power at wholesale from outside of the |
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| 21 | 21 | | ERCOT power region. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2022, the Public |
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| 23 | 23 | | Utility Commission of Texas shall examine the laws and rules |
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| 24 | 24 | | governing electric utilities in this state to determine how Section |
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| 25 | 25 | | 39.159, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, may affect the |
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| 26 | 26 | | application of those laws and rules and shall adopt recommendations |
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| 27 | 27 | | for legislative and administrative action as necessary to implement |
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| 28 | 28 | | that section as effectively as practicable. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. (a) Section 39.159, Utilities Code, as added by |
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| 30 | 30 | | this Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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