87R11222 CXP-D
 
  By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 3179
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to electric power purchased for the ERCOT power region.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
  amended by adding Section 39.159 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.159.  RESTRICTION ON POWER PURCHASED FOR ERCOT POWER
  REGION. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall
  prohibit an independent organization certified under Section
  39.151 for the ERCOT power region from purchasing more electricity
  on a daily basis from a facility capable of generating electricity
  for the ERCOT power region than the facility's base generation
  capacity.
         (b)  This section does not apply during a peak demand event
  declared by the commission.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.