By: King, Eckhardt S.B. No. 1519
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to electric utility weather emergency preparedness.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.075(e), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle,
the commission shall allow a transmission and distribution utility
to design and operate a load management program for
[nonresidential] customers to be used where the independent
organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power
region has declared a Level 2 Emergency or a higher level of
emergency or has otherwise directed the transmission and
distribution utility to shed load. A transmission and distribution
utility implementing a load management program under this
subsection shall be permitted to recover the reasonable and
necessary costs of the load management program under Chapter 36. A
load management program operated under this subsection is not
considered a competitive service.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.