89R5146 SCR-D
By: Hull 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.
(b) The commission by rule shall adopt criteria for
determining whether a facility is a facility for which electric
service is considered crucial for the protection or maintenance of
public safety under Subsection (a)(2). The criteria must
automatically include the following types of facilities:
hospitals, police stations, fire stations, and critical water and
wastewater facilities.
(c) An electric utility shall maintain a list of priority
facilities in the utility's service area.
(d) 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 according to the criteria
adopted by the commission under Subsection (b).
(e) On request from a facility, an electric utility shall
disclose to the facility not later than the 14th day after the date
of the request whether the facility is on the priority facility
list.
(f) 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 each applicable local emergency management agency.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.