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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the load shed protocols within the ERCOT power region; |
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authorizing a study. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall work with |
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the independent organization certified under Section 39.151, |
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Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region to: |
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(1) study and provide an analysis of load shed |
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protocols implemented by the independent organization during |
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extreme weather events, to determine whether residential elderly |
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customers, low income residential customers, or residential |
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customers with high risk medical conditions, experience harmful |
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effects from the protocols; and |
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(2) consider changes that may be required to improve |
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reliability of the electric grid system, including reducing rolling |
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blackouts during extreme weather conditions. |
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(b) In conducting the analysis under Subsection (a) of this |
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section, the commission must; |
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(1) seek stakeholder input and consider all generation |
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resources, including distributed generation, electric storage, |
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demand response, energy efficiency, and power generation; and |
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(2) provide an opportunity for a public hearing and |
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the submission of public comment. |
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(c) The commission shall submit the study described by |
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Subsection (a) to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house |
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of representatives, and the members of the legislature not later |
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than December 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |