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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to rolling blackouts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.074 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.074. ROLLING BLACKOUTS. The commission by rule |
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shall require each electric utility, municipally owned utility, and |
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electric cooperative that is subject to a rolling blackout |
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initiated by an independent organization certified under Section |
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39.151 to rotate customer curtailment so that no customer is |
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subject to an outage of more than 12 hours. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall |
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conduct a study on: |
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(1) methods to make the imposition of a rolling |
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blackout equitable across the state; and |
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(2) measures needed in this state to prevent the |
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necessity of rolling blackouts. |
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(b) Not later than September 1, 2022, the Public Utility |
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Commission of Texas shall submit to the legislature a report on the |
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results of the study. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |