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| 1 | 1 | 87R10757 JXC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Rose H.B. No. 3475 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the exclusion of grocery stores from load shedding | |
| 8 | 8 | participation during a rolling blackout. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 38.0721 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 38.0721. EXCLUSION OF GROCERY STORES FROM ROLLING | |
| 13 | 13 | BLACKOUT. (a) The commission by rule shall require each electric | |
| 14 | 14 | utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative to | |
| 15 | 15 | exclude any circuits that provide power to a grocery store from | |
| 16 | 16 | participation in the utility's or cooperative's attempt to shed | |
| 17 | 17 | load in response to a rolling blackout initiated by an independent | |
| 18 | 18 | organization certified under Section 39.151. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) The commission by rule may adopt criteria to determine | |
| 20 | 20 | which grocery stores are entitled to be excluded from load shedding | |
| 21 | 21 | under Subsection (a). | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |