By: Anchia H.B. No. 4559
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the load shed protocols within the ERCOT power region;
authorizing a study.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall work with
the independent organization certified under Section 39.151,
Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region to:
(1) study and provide an analysis of load shed
protocols implemented by the independent organization during
extreme weather events, to determine whether residential elderly
customers, low income residential customers, or residential
customers with high risk medical conditions, experience harmful
effects from the protocols; and
(2) consider changes that may be required to improve
reliability of the electric grid system, including reducing rolling
blackouts during extreme weather conditions.
(b) In conducting the analysis under Subsection (a) of this
section, the commission must;
(1) seek stakeholder input and consider all generation
resources, including distributed generation, electric storage,
demand response, energy efficiency, and power generation; and
(2) provide an opportunity for a public hearing and
the submission of public comment.
(c) The commission shall submit the study described by
Subsection (a) to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house
of representatives, and the members of the legislature not later
than December 1, 2021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.