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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the membership and meetings of the Texas Energy |
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Reliability Council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 418.303(a), Government Code, as added by |
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Chapter 426 (S.B. 3), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2021, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The council is composed of: |
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(1) the chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas; |
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(2) the presiding officer of the Public Utility |
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Commission of Texas; |
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(3) the chief executive of the Office of Public |
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Utility Counsel; |
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(4) the presiding officer of the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality; |
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(5) the chair of the Texas Transportation Commission; |
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(6) a person to represent the independent organization |
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certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power |
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region, appointed by the governor; |
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(7) the chief; |
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(8) eight [five] persons to represent participants in |
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the natural gas supply chain in this state, appointed by the |
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Railroad Commission of Texas to represent as many types of |
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participants as possible; |
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(9) five persons to represent the electric industry, |
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appointed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, including: |
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(A) one person to represent entities that provide |
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dispatchable electric energy to the power grid in this state; |
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(B) one person to represent transmission and |
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distribution utilities, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities |
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Code; |
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(C) one person to represent retail electric |
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providers, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code; |
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(D) one person to represent municipally owned |
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utilities, as defined by Section 11.003, Utilities Code; and |
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(E) one person to represent electric |
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cooperatives; |
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(10) three persons to represent energy sectors not |
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otherwise represented on the council, appointed by the Public |
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Utility Commission of Texas; and |
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(11) five persons to represent industrial concerns, |
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appointed by the governor, including: |
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(A) one person to represent motor fuel producers; |
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and |
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(B) one person to represent chemical |
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manufacturers. |
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SECTION 2. Section 418.308, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The council may not develop or present policy |
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recommendations for participants in the energy and electric |
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industries or for state agencies or local entities that regulate |
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energy and electric industries except for the purposes of reporting |
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to the legislature its recommendations under Section 418.310. |
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SECTION 3. Section 418.309, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A member of the council may describe publicly the |
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subject of any matter deliberated in a meeting of the council. The |
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description may not contain or disclose specific confidential |
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information. |
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SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Railroad Commission of Texas shall appoint members |
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to the Texas Energy Reliability Council as required by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |