87R11474 BRG-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 3344
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study to project the economic and grid reliability
effects that may result from interconnecting certain electric
transmission facilities with transmission facilities operated by
the Midcontinent Independent System Operator.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The president of the University of Houston shall
designate a department or entity at the university to conduct a
study to project the economic effects and electric grid reliability
effects that may result from:
(1) interconnecting transmission facilities that are
located in Harris County with transmission facilities that are
operated by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator; and
(2) allowing for the purchase of power at wholesale by
entities in Harris County through markets operated by the
Midcontinent Independent System Operator.
SECTION 2. The department or entity at the University of
Houston designated by the president of the university to conduct
the study under Section 1 of this Act shall prepare a report with
the conclusions of the study and submit the report to the
legislature and the Commissioners Court of Harris County not later
than September 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. This Act expires December 1, 2022.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.