Texas 2025 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3511 House Committee Report / Bill

Filed 04/23/2025

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                    89R22264 CXP-F
 By: Anchía H.B. No. 3511
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3511:
 By:  King C.S.H.B. No. 3511




 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the participation of electric vehicles in the ERCOT
 market.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
 amended by adding Section 39.9161 to read as follows:
 Sec. 39.9161.  INTERCONNECTION AND AGGREGATION OF ELECTRIC
 VEHICLES. (a) In this section:
 (1)  "Electric vehicle" has the meaning assigned by
 Section 42.0102.
 (2)  "Interconnection" means the right of an electric
 vehicle owner to physically connect the electric vehicle to an
 electricity distribution system and the technical requirements,
 rules, or processes for the connection.
 (b)  The commission by rule may establish safety, technical,
 and performance standards for the interconnection of electric
 vehicles in the ERCOT power region. In adopting the rules, the
 commission shall ensure that the standards do not conflict with
 applicable standards published by the Underwriters Laboratories,
 the National Electrical Code, the National Electrical Safety Code,
 and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
 (c)  The commission by rule may establish a program to allow
 an electric vehicle owner to:
 (1)  make electricity stored by the electric vehicle
 available for sale in the wholesale energy and ancillary services
 markets through a registered aggregator or load serving entity; and
 (2)  participate in ERCOT market mechanisms, including
 ancillary services, virtual power plant programs, and aggregate
 distributed energy resources programs, through an aggregation
 described by Subdivision (1).
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.