88R2523 ANG-F
By: AnchÃa H.B. No. 4984
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting by operators of certain gas supply chain
facilities and gas pipeline facilities on a failure to perform a
contractual obligation due to a weather emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.044, Natural Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:
(g-1) The commission by rule shall require each operator of
a gas supply chain facility that fails to perform a contractual
obligation related to the provision of natural gas in the
electricity supply chain as mapped under Section 38.203, Utilities
Code, due to force majeure during a weather emergency to report the
failure and force majeure to the commission not later than the 60th
day after the date of the failure. Information provided by an
operator of a gas supply chain facility under this subsection is
confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
Government Code, unless the requestor is a party to the contract.
SECTION 2. Section 121.2015, Utilities Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
(e-1) The railroad commission by rule shall require each gas
pipeline facility operator described by Subsection (a)(3) that
fails to perform a contractual obligation regarding the provision
of gas in the electricity supply chain as mapped under Section
38.203 due to force majeure during a weather emergency to report the
failure and force majeure to the railroad commission not later than
the 60th day after the date of the failure. Information provided by
a gas pipeline facility operator under this subsection is
confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
Government Code, unless the requestor is a party to the contract.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.