By: Reynolds H.B. No. 64
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to interconnection of transmission facilities in ERCOT
  with transmission facilities outside of ERCOT.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
  amended by adding Section 39.166 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.166.  REQUIRED INTERCONNECTION WITH TRANSMISSION
  FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF ERCOT. (a) The commission shall identify
  transmission facilities in ERCOT that may be interconnected with
  transmission facilities outside of ERCOT for the purpose of
  allowing federal regulation of transmission service and wholesale
  power sales in ERCOT.
         (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall
  require an electric utility, municipally owned utility, or electric
  cooperative that owns a transmission facility identified by the
  commission under Subsection (a) to make requests, obtain approvals,
  enter into contracts, and construct facilities as necessary to
  interconnect the facility with a transmission facility outside of
  ERCOT.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than November 1, 2022, the Public
  Utility Commission of Texas shall examine the laws and rules
  governing electric utilities in this state to determine how Section
  39.166, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, may affect the
  application of those laws and rules and shall adopt recommendations
  for legislative and administrative action as necessary to implement
  that section as effectively as practicable.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  Section 39.166, Utilities Code, as added by
  this Act, takes effect September 1, 2023.
         (b)  Section 2 of this Act takes effect on the 91st day after
  the last day of the legislative session.