87R10624 JXC-D
 
  By: Rogers H.B. No. 2762
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the exclusion of certain facilities from load shedding
  participation during a rolling blackout.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is
  amended by adding Section 38.0721 to read as follows:
         Sec. 38.0721.  EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES FROM ROLLING
  BLACKOUT. The commission by rule shall require each electric
  utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative to
  exclude any circuits that provide power to a hospital facility
  licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or to a facility
  necessary to provide water to wholesale customers from
  participation in the utility's or cooperative's attempt to shed
  load in response to a rolling blackout initiated by an independent
  organization certified under Section 39.151 or another reliability
  council or power pool in which the utility or cooperative operates.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.