By: Fierro H.B. No. 3693
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exclusion of retail facilities 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 CERTAIN FACILITIES FROM ROLLING
BLACKOUT. The commission by rule shall require each electric
utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative to
exclude any circuits that provide power to a retailer or their
distribution centers 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 or another reliability council or power pool in
which the utility or cooperative operates.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.