Amend CSHB 11 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Section 35.0022 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.0022. COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND WEATHERIZATION PLAN. (a) Not later than January 1 of each year, the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall prepare and deliver to the commission a comprehensive emergency operations and weatherization plan that includes:
(1) emergency operations plans currently on file with the organization;
(2) declarations of completion of weatherization preparations from all electric generation entities in the ERCOT power region; and
(3) relevant seasonal assessments of resource adequacy, including projected resource capabilities, peak demand forecasts, and expected unit outage forecasts.
(b) The commission shall analyze each emergency operations plan developed by the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region and prepare a report on emergency operations and weatherization preparedness in this state that includes recommendations for improving the emergency operations plan, if any.
(c) The commission shall submit the report described by Subsection (b) to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the members of the legislature not later than September 1 of each year.
(d) Emergency operations plans described by Subsection (a)(1) are public information except for the portions of the plans considered confidential under Chapter 552, Government Code, or other state or federal law.