S.B. No. 2010
AN ACT
relating to required reporting by the wholesale electric market
monitor for the ERCOT power region.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.1515, Utilities Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (i) to read as
follows:
(f) The market monitor immediately shall report in writing
directly to the commission and commission staff all [any] potential
market manipulations and all [any] discovered or potential
violations of commission rules or rules of the independent
organization.
(i) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission
shall submit a report to the legislature that describes for the
12-month period preceding the report's submission:
(1) the number of instances in which the market
monitor reported potential market manipulation to the commission or
commission staff;
(2) the statutes, commission rules, and rules of the
independent organization alleged to have been violated by the
reported entities; and
(3) the number of instances reported under Subdivision
(1) for which the commission instituted a formal investigation on
its own motion or commission staff initiated an enforcement action.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2010 passed the Senate on
April 4, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2010 passed the House on
May 18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor