| 1 | 1 | | 88R13698 JXC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Spiller H.B. No. 4004 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to reliability programs adopted by the Public Utility |
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| 8 | 8 | | Commission of Texas for the ERCOT power region. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.159, Utilities Code, as added by |
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| 11 | 11 | | Chapter 426 (S.B. 3), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
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| 12 | 12 | | Session, 2021, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (d) The commission shall ensure that any commission program |
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| 15 | 15 | | adopted to comply with the requirements of this section that |
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| 16 | 16 | | assigns credits to or provides for capacity payments to generation |
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| 17 | 17 | | facilities includes credits or payments available to nuclear and |
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| 18 | 18 | | advanced nuclear generation facilities. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 20 | 20 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 21 | 21 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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