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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of information regarding distributed |
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generation and certain electrical loads. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.9165, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.9165. DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITY REPORTING. |
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(a) In this section, "distributed generation facility" |
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[generation"] is an electrical generating facility, including an |
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energy storage facility, that: |
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(1) [may be located at a customer's point of delivery; |
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[(2)] is connected at a voltage less than 60 |
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kilovolts; and |
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(2) is capable of being [(3) may be] connected in |
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parallel operation to the utility system. |
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(b) An independent organization certified under Section |
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39.151 may [shall] require an owner or operator of a distributed |
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generation facility operating in the power region served by the |
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independent organization to provide information about the |
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distributed generation facility, as specified by the independent |
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organization, to the owner's or operator's [to register with the |
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organization and] interconnecting electric cooperative, |
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municipally owned utility, or transmission and distribution |
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utility [information necessary for the interconnection of the |
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distributed generator]. |
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(c) An independent organization certified under Section |
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39.151 may require each electric cooperative, municipally owned |
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utility, and transmission and distribution utility operating in the |
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power region served by the independent organization to provide to |
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the independent organization any information about distributed |
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generation facilities or distribution-connected loads in the |
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service territory of the electric cooperative, municipally owned |
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utility, or transmission and distribution utility that the |
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independent organization identifies as necessary for maintaining |
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system reliability. |
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(d) The commission may require an owner or operator of a |
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distributed generation facility or an electric cooperative, |
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municipally owned utility, or transmission and distribution |
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utility to provide the information described by Subsections (b) and |
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(c). |
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(e) The commission or an independent organization certified |
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under Section 39.151 may require information described by |
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Subsections (b) and (c) to be provided on an individual basis or on |
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an aggregated basis [This section does not apply to distributed |
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generation serving a residential property]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |