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1	1	89R10526 ANG-D
2	2	By: Hall, Sparks S.B. No. 1692
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to a limitation on wind and solar installed generation
10	10	capacity in the ERCOT power region.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 39.1592(a), Utilities Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	(a) This section applies only to an electric generation
15	15	facility in the ERCOT power region for which a standard generator
16	16	interconnection agreement is signed on or after September 1, 2025
17	17	[January 1, 2027, that has been in operation for at least one year],
18	18	and that is not a self-generator.
19	19	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
20	20	amended by adding Section 39.1596 to read as follows:
21	21	Sec. 39.1596. LIMITATION ON WIND AND SOLAR GENERATION
22	22	CAPACITY. (a) This section applies only to an electric generation
23	23	facility that:
24	24	(1) exclusively relies on an energy source derived
25	25	from wind or the sun; and
26	26	(2) is subject to a standard generator interconnection
27	27	agreement.
28	28	(b) Not later than January 1, 2029, the commission shall
29	29	determine whether the installed generation capacity from the
30	30	electric generation facilities described by Subsection (a) is
31	31	contributing more than 35 percent of the available generation
32	32	capacity for the ERCOT power region at any time.
33	33	(c) If the commission determines the installed generation
34	34	capacity described by Subsection (b) contributes more than 35
35	35	percent of the available generation capacity for the ERCOT power
36	36	region at any time, the commission shall by rule establish a program
37	37	to require disconnection from the power grid of electric generation
38	38	facilities as provided by this subsection. The program must:
39	39	(1) require the disconnection from the power grid of
40	40	only facilities for which a standard generator interconnection
41	41	agreement was signed before September 1, 2025; and
42	42	(2) establish a goal of reducing the installed
43	43	generation capacity from facilities for which a standard generator
44	44	interconnection agreement was signed before September 1, 2025, so
45	45	that the installed capacity from all electric generation facilities
46	46	exclusively relying on an energy source derived from wind or the sun
47	47	contributes 35 percent or less of the available generation capacity
48	48	for the ERCOT power region at any time.
49	49	(d) After completion of the program required under
50	50	Subsection (c), the commission may allow the installation of new
51	51	generation capacity from an electric generation facility described
52	52	by Subsection (a), regardless of the goal described by Subsection
53	53	(c)(2), if the facility complies with Section 39.1592.
54	54	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
55	55	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
56	56	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
57	57	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
58	58	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.