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| 1 | 1 | By: Fierro H.B. No. 3693 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the exclusion of retail facilities from load shedding | |
| 7 | 7 | participation during a rolling blackout. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended by adding Section 38.0721 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 38.0721. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES FROM ROLLING | |
| 12 | 12 | BLACKOUT. The commission by rule shall require each electric | |
| 13 | 13 | utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative to | |
| 14 | 14 | exclude any circuits that provide power to a retailer or their | |
| 15 | 15 | distribution centers from participation in the utility's or | |
| 16 | 16 | cooperative's attempt to shed load in response to a rolling | |
| 17 | 17 | blackout initiated by an independent organization certified under | |
| 18 | 18 | Section 39.151 or another reliability council or power pool in | |
| 19 | 19 | which the utility or cooperative operates. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |