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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to accessing transmission service and power at wholesale |
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outside of the ERCOT power region. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.159 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.159. ACCESS TO WHOLESALE POWER AND TRANSMISSION |
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SERVICE OUTSIDE THE ERCOT POWER REGION. Notwithstanding any other |
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law, a transmission and distribution utility, municipally owned |
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utility, or electric cooperative that transmits or distributes |
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power purchased at wholesale in the ERCOT power region may |
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construct, own, and operate facilities as necessary to: |
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(1) access transmission service from outside of the |
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ERCOT power region; and |
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(2) purchase power at wholesale from outside of the |
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ERCOT power region. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2022, the Public |
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Utility Commission of Texas shall examine the laws and rules |
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governing electric utilities in this state to determine how Section |
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39.159, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, may affect the |
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application of those laws and rules and shall adopt recommendations |
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for legislative and administrative action as necessary to implement |
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that section as effectively as practicable. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Section 39.159, Utilities Code, as added by |
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this Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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(b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |