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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to emergency operations and weatherization plans prepared |
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by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 186, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 186.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 186.008. COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND |
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WEATHERIZATION PLAN. (a) In this section, "commission" means the |
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Public Utility Commission of Texas. |
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(b) Not later than January 1 of each year, the independent |
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organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power |
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region shall prepare and deliver to the commission a comprehensive |
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emergency operations and weatherization plan that includes: |
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(1) emergency operations plans currently on file with |
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the organization; |
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(2) declarations of completion of weatherization |
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preparations from all electric generation entities in the ERCOT |
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power region; and |
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(3) relevant seasonal assessments of resource |
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adequacy, including projected resource capabilities, peak demand |
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forecasts, and expected unit outage forecasts. |
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(c) The commission shall analyze each emergency operations |
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plan developed by the independent organization certified under |
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Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region and prepare a report on |
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emergency operations and weatherization preparedness in this state |
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that includes recommendations for improving the emergency |
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operations plan, if any. |
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(d) The commission shall submit the report described by |
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Subsection (c) to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house |
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of representatives, and the members of the legislature not later |
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than September 1 of each year. |
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(e) Emergency operations plans described by Subsection |
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(b)(1) are public information except for the portions of the plans |
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considered confidential under Chapter 552, Government Code, or |
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other state or federal law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |