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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 38.0721 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.0721. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN MEDICAL FACILITIES FROM |
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ROLLING BLACKOUT. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Assisted living facility" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 247.002, Health and Safety Code. |
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(2) "Hospice services" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 142.001, Health and Safety Code. |
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(3) "Nursing facility" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 242.301, Health and Safety Code. |
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(b) The commission by rule shall require each electric |
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utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative to |
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exclude any circuits that provide power to an assisted living |
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facility, a facility that provides hospice services, or a nursing |
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facility from participation in the utility's or cooperative's |
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attempt to shed load in response to a rolling blackout initiated by |
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an independent organization certified under Section 39.151 or |
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another reliability council or power pool in which the utility or |
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cooperative operates. |
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SECTION 2. 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 or another reliability council or power pool in which the |
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utility or cooperative operates to rotate customer curtailment so |
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that no part of the distribution system is subject to an outage of |
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more than 12 hours in a 24 hour period. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |