By: Goldman H.B. No. 14
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Texas Electricity Supply Chain
  Mapping Committee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is amended by adding
  Subchapter F to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER F. TEXAS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING COMMITTEE
         Sec. 38.201.  TEXAS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING
  COMMITTEE. (a)  The Texas Electricity Supply Chain Mapping
  Committee is a committee to:
               (1)  map the state's electricity supply chain;
               (2)  identify critical infrastructure sources along
  the electricity supply chain;
               (3)  make recommendations on measures to prepare
  facilities that provide electric and gas service to maintain
  service in an extreme weather event; and
               (4)  designate priority service needs in extreme
  weather events.
         (b)  The committee is composed of:
               (1)  the executive director of the Railroad Commission
  of Texas;
               (2)  the executive director of the commission;
               (3)  the president and chief executive office of the
  Electric Reliability Council of Texas; and
               (4)  the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency
  Management.
         (c)  Each member of the committee may designate a personal
  representative from the member's organization to represent the
  member on the committee, but that designation does not relieve the
  member of responsibility for the acts and omissions of the
  representative.
         (d)  The executive director of the commission shall serve as
  chairman, and the executive director of the Railroad Commission
  shall serve as vice-chairman of the committee.
         Sec. 38.202.  ADMINISTRATION. (a)  The committee shall meet
  not less than once each calendar quarter at a time determined by the
  committee and at the call of the chairman.
         (c)  Each member of the committee may receive reimbursement
  for actual and necessary expenses in carrying out committee
  responsibilities as provided by legislative appropriations.  Each
  member who is a representative of a state entity shall be reimbursed
  from the money budgeted to the member's state entity.
         (d)  Each entity listed in Sections 38.201(b)(1) through (4)
  of this code that is represented on the committee shall provide
  staff as necessary to assist the committee in carrying out its
  responsibilities.
         (e)  The committee is subject to Chapter 2001, Government
  Code, Chapter 551, Government Code, and Chapter 552, Government
  Code.
         Sec. 38.203.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEE.  (a)  The
  committee shall:
               (1)  map the state's electricity supply chain in order
  to designate priority electricity service needs in extreme weather
  events;
               (2)  identify and designate the sources in the supply
  chain necessary to operate critical infrastructure, as that term is
  defined in Section 421.001, Government Code;
               (3)  develop a communication system between the
  critical infrastructure sources, the commission, and the Electric
  Reliability Council of Texas to ensure that electricity supply is
  prioritized to those sources in an extreme weather event;
               (4)  make recommendations on measures to prepare
  facilities that provide electric and gas service to maintain
  service in an extreme weather event; and
               (5)  publish a report required by Section 38.204 of
  this code.
         (b)  The commission shall create and maintain a database
  identifying the critical infrastructure sources with priority
  electricity needs during an extreme weather event.  The database
  shall be updated annually.
         Sec. 38.204.  ELECTRIC SUPPLY MAPPING REPORT. The committee
  shall publish not later than January 1, 2022, a report to the
  Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker, and Legislature covering the
  activities and findings of the committee.  The report must:
               (1)  provide a detailed map of the electricity supply
  chain and identify those sources designated as necessary to operate
  critical infrastructure;
               (2)  recommend a clear and thorough communication
  system between the entities listed in Sections 38.201(b)(1) through
  (4) of this code and the critical infrastructure sources to ensure
  that electricity supply is prioritized to those sources during
  extreme weather events.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.