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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exclusion of hospital facilities from a rolling |
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blackout. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.006 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.006. EXCLUSION OF HOSPITAL FACILITIES FROM ROLLING |
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BLACKOUT. The commission by rule shall require each electric |
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utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative to |
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exclude any circuits that provide power to a hospital facility from |
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participation in the utility's or cooperative's attempt to shed |
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load in response to a rolling blackout initiated by the Electric |
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Reliability Council of Texas or another reliability council or |
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power pool in which the utility or cooperative operates. |
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SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall |
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adopt rules required by Section 38.006, Utilities Code, as added by |
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this Act, as soon as possible after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2013. |