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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exclusion of school facilities from load shedding |
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participation during a rolling blackout. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.0722 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.0722. EXCLUSION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES FROM ROLLING |
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BLACKOUT. The commission by rule shall require each electric |
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utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative to |
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exclude any circuits that provide power to a public elementary or |
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secondary school facility from participation in the utility's or |
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cooperative's attempt to shed load in response to a rolling |
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blackout initiated by an independent organization certified under |
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Section 39.151 or another reliability council or power pool in |
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which the utility or cooperative operates. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |