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