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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a task force to improve the reliability |
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of electric service in this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Grid Task Force is established to |
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evaluate the regulation of the provision of electric services in |
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this state in the manner provided by this Act. |
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(b) The governor shall appoint the members of the Texas Grid |
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Task Force. The membership must include: |
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(1) the Texas state climatologist; |
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(2) a person to represent the Railroad Commission of |
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Texas; |
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(3) a person to represent the independent organization |
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certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power |
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region; |
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(4) a person to represent the Public Utility |
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Commission of Texas; |
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(5) a person to represent the Energy Systems |
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Laboratory of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station; |
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(6) a member of the house state affairs committee; |
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(7) a member of the senate state affairs committee; |
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(8) a member of the house energy resources committee; |
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(9) a member of the senate natural resources and |
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economic development committee; and |
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(10) a person to represent the electric energy |
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industry. |
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(c) The Texas Grid Task Force shall examine information |
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included in and recommendations made in previous reports issued by |
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the independent organization certified under Section 39.151, |
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Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region, the Sunset Advisory |
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Commission, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Federal |
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Energy Regulatory Commission, and the North American Electric |
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Reliability Corporation about improving the reliability of |
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electric service in this state, including: |
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(1) winterization of generation assets and |
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transmission and distribution facilities; |
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(2) electric energy storage capacities; |
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(3) how the relative reliability of generation sources |
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affects the calculation of the ERCOT power region reserve margin; |
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and |
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(4) the implementation of rolling blackouts and the |
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related designation of critical infrastructure. |
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(d) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Texas Grid Task |
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Force shall submit to the Public Utility Commission of Texas and to |
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the legislature recommended changes to statutes and rules to |
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improve the reliability of electric service in this state. |
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(e) Not later than April 1, 2022, the Public Utility |
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Commission of Texas shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding if |
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necessary to implement the recommendations of the Texas Grid Task |
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Force. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |