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| 1 | 1 | 89R4245 SCR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Darby H.B. No. 3044 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the periodic elimination of generic transmission | |
| 10 | 10 | constraints in the ERCOT power region. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 39.171 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 39.171. GENERIC TRANSMISSION CONSTRAINT ELIMINATION. | |
| 15 | 15 | (a) In this section, "generic transmission constraint" means a | |
| 16 | 16 | defined group of transmission lines connecting two areas of the | |
| 17 | 17 | ERCOT power grid for which the independent organization certified | |
| 18 | 18 | under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region has assigned a power | |
| 19 | 19 | flow limit to maintain grid stability. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) The commission by rule shall require the independent | |
| 21 | 21 | organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power | |
| 22 | 22 | region to implement a program to eliminate each generic | |
| 23 | 23 | transmission constraint not later than the 10th anniversary of the | |
| 24 | 24 | date on which the generic transmission constraint was established. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |