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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring a preference for the use of less-polluting |
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electric generating facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.151, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: |
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(n) The commission by rule shall require the independent |
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organization to implement dispatch protocols that give priority to |
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power: |
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(1) generated by facilities that have the lowest |
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weighted average emissions or production of pollutants, as |
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determined from information provided to the commission under |
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Section 39.351(d); and |
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(2) that is priced at an amount that does not exceed |
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110 percent of the lowest price of any power generated on that day |
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by a generator in the power region. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.351, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A power generation company annually shall report to the |
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commission for each generating facility the weight in tons or |
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pounds, as appropriate, of the following air contaminants emitted |
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or produced for each megawatt hour of electric energy generated by |
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the facility during the previous year: |
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(1) sulphur oxides; |
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(2) nitrogen oxides; |
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(3) particulate matter; |
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(4) mercury; |
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(5) carbon dioxide; and |
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(6) radioactive waste. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall |
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require the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to implement |
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dispatch protocols as required by Section 39.151(n), Utilities |
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Code, as added by this Act, not later than November 1, 2007. |
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(b) The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall require |
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each power generation company to file the report required by |
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Section 39.351(d), Utilities Code, as added by this Act, not later |
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than October 1, 2007. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |