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