| 1 | 1 | | 89R7804 CXP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cook, Alvarado S.B. No. 1308 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the development by certain entities providing electric |
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| 10 | 10 | | service in the ERCOT power region of a communication plan for use |
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| 11 | 11 | | during a weather emergency. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 38.075, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c-1) The commission by rule shall require each electric |
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| 16 | 16 | | cooperative, municipally owned utility, and transmission and |
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| 17 | 17 | | distribution utility providing transmission service in the ERCOT |
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| 18 | 18 | | power region to develop a communication plan for use during a |
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| 19 | 19 | | weather emergency. The communication plan must: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) include the operation by the cooperative or |
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| 21 | 21 | | utility of a priority telephone hotline to allow only the following |
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| 22 | 22 | | types of customers to report and request information regarding a |
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| 23 | 23 | | power outage, including requesting an estimated time for |
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| 24 | 24 | | restoration of electric service: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (A) critical care residential customers, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | defined by Section 17.002; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (B) critical load industrial customers, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | defined by Section 17.002; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (C) facilities listed in Section 38.072(b); and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (D) customers designated as critical load |
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| 31 | 31 | | according to commission rules adopted under Section 38.076; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) describe the methods the cooperative or utility |
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| 33 | 33 | | will use to inform customers described by Subdivision (1) about the |
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| 34 | 34 | | priority telephone hotline. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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