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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the weather emergency preparedness of facilities for |
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providing electric service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 35.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 35.0021. WEATHER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. (a) The |
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commission by rule shall require each provider of generation in the |
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ERCOT power region to implement measures to prepare the provider's |
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generation facilities to provide full electric generation service |
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at ambient temperatures between 0 degrees Fahrenheit and 120 |
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degrees Fahrenheit. |
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(b) The commission shall reduce the base capacity rating of |
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a generation facility that is operated in violation of a rule |
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adopted under Subsection (a) by 10 percent annually until the |
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generation facility is no longer in violation or until the base |
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capacity rating is reduced to zero. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |