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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the responsibility for ancillary services costs |
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incurred for the operation of intermittent wind and solar |
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resources. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 35.004(e), Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) The commission shall ensure that ancillary services |
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necessary to facilitate the transmission of electric energy are |
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available at reasonable prices with terms and conditions that are |
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not unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, discriminatory, |
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predatory, or anticompetitive. Ancillary services costs incurred |
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by the ERCOT independent system operator to address reliability |
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issues arising from the operation of intermittent wind and solar |
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resources must be directly assigned by the ERCOT independent system |
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operator to those resources. In this subsection, "ancillary |
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services" means services necessary to facilitate the transmission |
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of electric energy including load following, standby power, backup |
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power, reactive power, and any other services as the commission may |
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determine by rule. On the introduction of customer choice in the |
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ERCOT power region, acquisition of generation-related ancillary |
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services on a nondiscriminatory basis by the independent |
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organization in ERCOT on behalf of entities selling electricity at |
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retail shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall |
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adopt any rules required to implement Section 35.004(e), Utilities |
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Code, as amended by this Act, not later than January 1, 2022. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |