Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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2	2	By: Richardson H.B. No. 4800
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the provision of certain electricity services.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 31.002(20), Utilities Code, is amended
12	12	to read as follows:
13	13	(20) "Transmission service" includes siting,
14	14	construction, or enlargement of transmission facilities and
15	15	infrastructure, including substations, transmission over
16	16	distribution facilities, control area services, scheduling
17	17	resources, regulation services, reactive power support, voltage
18	18	control, provision of operating reserves, and any other associated
19	19	electrical service the commission determines appropriate, except
20	20	that, on and after the implementation of customer choice, control
21	21	area services, scheduling resources, regulation services,
22	22	provision of operating reserves, and reactive power support,
23	23	voltage control, and other services provided by generation
24	24	resources are not "transmission service."
25	25	SECTION 2. Section 37.052, Utilities Code, is amended by
26	26	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
27	27	(d) A municipality that receives a request from an electric
28	28	utility for written consent under Subsection (c)(2) for the siting,
29	29	construction, or enlargement of the transmission facilities,
30	30	including substations:
31	31	(1) shall send written notice to the electric utility
32	32	that includes the municipality's conditions the electric utility
33	33	must meet before siting, construction, or enlargement of the
34	34	facilities may proceed; and
35	35	(2) is considered to have consented to the siting,
36	36	construction, or enlargement of the facilities if the municipality
37	37	does not respond in writing to the request before the 90th day after
38	38	the date the electric utility submitted the request.
39	39	SECTION 3. Section 181.042, Utilities Code, is amended to
40	40	read as follows:
41	41	Sec. 181.042. AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE
42	42	LINES AND RELATED FACILITIES. An electric utility has the right to
43	43	construct, maintain, and operate lines and related facilities over,
44	44	under, across, on, or along a state highway, a county road, a
45	45	municipal street or alley, or other public property in a
46	46	municipality.
47	47	SECTION 4. Section 181.043, Utilities Code, is amended by
48	48	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
49	49	(c) A municipality that receives a request from an electric
50	50	utility for the municipality's consent to an activity described by
51	51	Section 181.042:
52	52	(1) shall send written notice to the electric utility
53	53	that includes the municipality's conditions the electric utility
54	54	must meet before the activity may proceed; and
55	55	(2) is considered to have consented to the activity if
56	56	the municipality does not respond in writing to the request before
57	57	the 90th day after the date the electric utility submitted the
58	58	request.
59	59	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
60	60	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
61	61	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
62	62	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
63	63	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.