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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exclusion of certain facilities from load shedding |
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participation during a rolling blackout. |
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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 FACILITIES FROM ROLLING |
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BLACKOUT. 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 the following facilities |
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from participation in the utility's or cooperative's attempt to |
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shed load in response to a rolling blackout initiated by an |
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independent organization certified under Section 39.151 or another |
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reliability council or power pool in which the utility or |
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cooperative operates: |
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(1) a facility necessary to provide water to wholesale |
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customers; and |
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(2) a facility necessary to provide natural gas |
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transmission services. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |