87R10757 JXC-D
By: Rose H.B. No. 3475
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exclusion of grocery stores 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 GROCERY STORES FROM ROLLING
BLACKOUT. (a) The commission by rule shall require each electric
utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative to
exclude any circuits that provide power to a grocery store 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.
(b) The commission by rule may adopt criteria to determine
which grocery stores are entitled to be excluded from load shedding
under Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.