87R11266 CXP-D
 
  By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 2050
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to energy emergency alerts and notifications in the ERCOT
  power region.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
  amended by adding Section 39.918 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.918.  ENERGY EMERGENCY ALERTS IN ERCOT POWER REGION.
  (a)  The commission shall require an independent organization
  certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region to adopt
  protocols to declare:
               (1)  an energy emergency alert level 1 when operating
  reserves are less than 4,600 megawatts and are not expected to
  recover within 30 minutes;
               (2)  an energy emergency alert level 2 when operating
  reserves are less than 3,500 megawatts and are not expected to
  recover within 30 minutes; and
               (3)  an energy emergency alert level 3 when operating
  reserves are less than 2,000 megawatts and are not expected to
  recover within 30 minutes.
         (b)  As soon as possible after an energy emergency alert is
  declared or an alert level changes, the Texas Division of Emergency
  Management shall request that the Federal Emergency Management
  Agency issue a wireless emergency alert notifying residents of this
  state of the declaration or change using mobile devices.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 418.196 to read as follows:
         Sec. 418.196.  PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO ENERGY
  EMERGENCY ALERTS. (a)  In this section, "state agency" means a
  department, commission, board, office, council, authority, or
  other agency in the executive branch of state government that is
  created by the constitution or a statute of this state, including a
  university system or institution of higher education as defined by
  Section 61.003, Education Code.
         (b)  If an independent organization certified under Section
  39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region declares an
  energy emergency alert, each state agency shall publish a
  notification regarding the alert on the home page of the agency's
  Internet website as soon as practicable.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.