By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 365

(In the Senate - Filed January 6, 2023; February 15, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; April 27, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 1; April 27, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 365 By: Zaffirini

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance or amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity that authorizes the construction of an electrical substation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 37.054, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) In addition to any notice provided under Subsection (a), the commission shall require the applicant to provide written notice of each substation proposed to be authorized by the certificate to each owner of:

(1) property adjacent to the property on which the substation will be located; and

(2) property located directly across a highway, road, or street that is adjacent to the property on which the substation will be located.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and necessity that commences on or after the effective date of this Act. A proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and necessity that commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding is commenced, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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