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Senate Bill 1699 |
Senate Author: Johnson |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
House Sponsor: Hunter |
Senate Bill 1699 amends the Utilities Code to authorize the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) to establish rules and registration requirements for the aggregation of distributed energy resources and to establish that a person who aggregates distributed energy resources:
· is not required to register as a power generation company to aggregate the resources;
· is required to comply with rules, guidelines, and registration requirements established by the PUC and by applicable provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory Act; and
· remains accountable for compliance with the applicable statutes and rules by a subcontractor, an agent, or any other entity compensated by the person for activities conducted on the person's behalf.
The bill clarifies that a retail electric provider may aggregate distributed energy resources.
Senate Bill 1699 requires the PUC by rule to establish goals in the ERCOT power region to reduce the average total residential load. The rules adopted by the PUC must provide for the adoption of a program that, among other things, provides demand response participation to residential customers where reasonably available and allows for the use of funding obtained by a retail electric provider (REP) through an energy efficiency incentive program to cover costs associated with offering a demand response program. The bill entitles customers in the ERCOT power region to participate in demand response programs through REPs that offer such programs and to receive notice from their REP when ERCOT issues an emergency energy alert.