89R21278 SCR-D
By: Hull, Metcalf H.B. No. 1584
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1584:
By: Phelan C.S.H.B. No. 1584
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by
electric utilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.0725 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.0725. LIST OF PRIORITY FACILITIES. (a) In this
section, "priority facility" means:
(1) a facility listed in Section 38.072(b); or
(2) a facility for which electric service is
considered crucial for the protection or maintenance of public
safety, including:
(A) a hospital;
(B) a police station;
(C) a fire station;
(D) a critical water or wastewater facility; and
(E) a confinement facility operated by or under a
contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.
(b) An electric utility shall maintain a list of priority
facilities in the utility's retail service area.
(c) An electric utility shall provide on the utility's
Internet website a mechanism for a facility to request that the
utility add the facility to the priority facility list. The
electric utility shall add the requested facility to the list only
if the facility is a priority facility.
(d) On request from a facility, an electric utility shall
disclose to the facility not later than the 14th day after the date
the utility receives the request whether the facility is on the
priority facility list.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law, on a declaration of a
natural disaster or other emergency by the governor affecting the
service area of the electric utility, the utility shall provide the
list of priority facilities to the Texas Division of Emergency
Management.
(f) A priority facility list submitted to the Texas Division
of Emergency Management under this section is confidential and not
subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.