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| 1 | 1 | 89R9644 SCR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Harris H.B. No. 5590 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to a cost overage exemption for interconnection of | |
| 10 | 10 | advanced nuclear reactors to the ERCOT transmission system. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 35.004(d-2), Utilities Code, is amended | |
| 13 | 13 | to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (d-2) Costs in excess of the transmission-owning utility | |
| 15 | 15 | allowance provided by Subsection (d-1) incurred to interconnect | |
| 16 | 16 | generation resources with the ERCOT transmission system must be | |
| 17 | 17 | directly assigned to and collected from the generation resource | |
| 18 | 18 | interconnecting through the facilities. This subsection does not | |
| 19 | 19 | apply to excess costs incurred to interconnect a generation | |
| 20 | 20 | resource that is an advanced nuclear reactor. For purposes of this | |
| 21 | 21 | subsection, an advanced nuclear reactor is a fission-based reactor | |
| 22 | 22 | belonging to one of the following categories: | |
| 23 | 23 | (1) a large reactor, with a generation capacity | |
| 24 | 24 | between 400 and 1400 megawatts of electricity; | |
| 25 | 25 | (2) a small modular reactor, with a generation | |
| 26 | 26 | capacity between 50 and 400 megawatts of electricity; or | |
| 27 | 27 | (3) a microreactor, with a generation capacity of less | |
| 28 | 28 | than 50 megawatts of electricity. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |