By: Fraser S.B. No. 933

(In the Senate - Filed March 4, 2015; March 9, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development; March 30, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; March 30, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 933 By: Fraser

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to review transmission interconnections that enable imports or exports from the ERCOT power grid.

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

SECTION 1. Section 37.051, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:

(c-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person, including an electric utility or municipally owned utility, may not interconnect a facility to the ERCOT transmission grid that enables additional power to be imported into or exported out of the ERCOT power grid unless the electric utility or municipally owned utility obtains a certificate from the commission stating that public convenience and necessity requires or will require the interconnection. The commission shall apply Section 37.056 in considering an application under this subsection. In addition, the commission must determine that the application is consistent with the public interest before granting the certificate. The commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this subsection. This subsection does not apply to a facility that is in service on December 31, 2014.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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