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 186, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Section 186.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 186.008. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AUDITS. (a) The Public Utility Commission of Texas by rule shall develop a procedure for auditing emergency operations plans developed by:
(1) electric utilities, as defined by Section 31.002;
(2) power generation companies, as defined by Section 31.002;
(3) municipally owned utilities, as defined by Section 11.003;
(4) electric cooperatives;
(5) retail electric providers, as defined by Section 31.002; and
(6) the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region.
(b) The procedure for auditing emergency operations plans must require an entity described by Subsection (a) to file an updated emergency operations plan if the Public Utility Commission of Texas finds that the entity's emergency operations plan on file does not contain adequate information to determine whether the entity can provide adequate services during an emergency.