87R11224 JXC-D
By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 3181
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the weather emergency preparedness of facilities for
providing 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 35.0021 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.0021. WEATHER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. (a) 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 full electric generation service
at ambient temperatures between 0 degrees Fahrenheit and 120
degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) The commission shall reduce the base capacity rating of
a generation facility that is operated in violation of a rule
adopted under Subsection (a) by 10 percent annually until the
generation facility is no longer in violation or until the base
capacity rating is reduced to zero.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.