87R12251 SGM-D
By: Ramos H.B. No. 3371
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to emergency operations and weatherization plans prepared
by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 186, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 186.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 186.008. COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND
WEATHERIZATION PLAN. (a) In this section, "commission" means the
Public Utility Commission of Texas.
(b) Not later than January 1 of each year, the independent
organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power
region shall prepare and deliver to the commission a comprehensive
emergency operations and weatherization plan that includes:
(1) emergency operations plans currently on file with
the organization;
(2) declarations of completion of weatherization
preparations from all electric generation entities in the ERCOT
power region; and
(3) relevant seasonal assessments of resource
adequacy, including projected resource capabilities, peak demand
forecasts, and expected unit outage forecasts.
(c) The commission shall analyze each emergency operations
plan developed by the independent organization certified under
Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region and prepare a report on
emergency operations and weatherization preparedness in this state
that includes recommendations for improving the emergency
operations plan, if any.
(d) The commission shall submit the report described by
Subsection (c) to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house
of representatives, and the members of the legislature not later
than September 1 of each year.
(e) Emergency operations plans described by Subsection
(b)(1) are public information except for the portions of the plans
considered confidential under Chapter 552, Government Code, or
other state or federal law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.