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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exclusion of grocery stores 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 GROCERY STORES FROM ROLLING |
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BLACKOUT. (a) 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 a grocery store from |
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participation in the utility's or cooperative's attempt to shed |
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load in response to a rolling blackout initiated by an independent |
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organization certified under Section 39.151. |
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(b) The commission by rule may adopt criteria to determine |
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which grocery stores are entitled to be excluded from load shedding |
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under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |