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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the required procurement of an alternative power supply |
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for certain power generation facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 35.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 35.0021. ALTERNATIVE POWER SUPPLY FOR INTERMITTENT |
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POWER GENERATION FACILITIES. (a) In this section, "intermittent |
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power generation facility" means a power generation facility with a |
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power output that, in the course of the facility's ordinary and |
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proper operation, cannot be predicted, controlled, or varied at |
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will. The term includes a solar or wind generation facility. |
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(b) An intermittent power generation facility, the |
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construction of which began after September 1, 2021, may not |
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operate in this state unless the owner of the facility certifies to |
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the commission that, in the event of a power output disruption at |
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the facility: |
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(1) the owner can supply or has a contract that |
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guarantees the supply of not less than 50 percent of the facility's |
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average output over a 48-hour period; and |
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(2) the owner's additional or contracted power supply |
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comes from: |
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(A) a power generation facility with a power |
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output that, in the course of the facility's ordinary and proper |
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operation, can be predicted, controlled, or varied at will, |
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including a hydroelectric, biomass, natural gas, coal, or nuclear |
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generation facility; or |
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(B) an electric energy storage facility. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |