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| 1 | 1 | 87R11993 JXC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hernandez H.B. No. 3700 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to certain calculations made for load shedding in the | |
| 8 | 8 | ERCOT power region. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 39.159 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 39.159. LOAD SHED PERCENTAGE CALCULATIONS. (a) The | |
| 13 | 13 | commission by rule shall require each transmission and distribution | |
| 14 | 14 | utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative in the | |
| 15 | 15 | ERCOT power region to submit annually to the independent | |
| 16 | 16 | organization certified for the ERCOT power region a determination | |
| 17 | 17 | of the utility's or cooperative's peak load for the summer season | |
| 18 | 18 | and peak load for the winter season. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) The independent organization certified for the ERCOT | |
| 20 | 20 | power region shall make annual determinations of load shed | |
| 21 | 21 | percentages for use during emergency curtailment based on the peak | |
| 22 | 22 | load information submitted under Subsection (a). | |
| 23 | 23 | (c) The independent organization certified for the ERCOT | |
| 24 | 24 | power region may use a look-back period to determine load shed | |
| 25 | 25 | percentages for use during emergency curtailment if the independent | |
| 26 | 26 | organization does not have sufficient information submitted under | |
| 27 | 27 | Subsection (a) for the organization to make the determination as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Subsection (b). | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |