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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to electric energy storage in the ERCOT power region. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.159 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.159. ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE IN ERCOT POWER REGION. |
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Not later than June 1 of each year, the independent organization |
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certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall: |
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(1) determine the 24-hour period of peak demand in the |
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power region from the previous calendar year; and |
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(2) take measures to encourage the addition of |
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electric energy storage in the power region as necessary to ensure |
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that the amount of storage available can provide: |
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(A) by December 31, 2022, at least 2 percent of |
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the amount determined under Subdivision (1); |
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(B) by December 31, 2023, at least 4 percent of |
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the amount determined under Subdivision (1); |
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(C) by December 31, 2024, at least 6 percent of |
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the amount determined under Subdivision (1); |
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(D) by December 31, 2025, at least 8 percent of |
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the amount determined under Subdivision (1); and |
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(E) by December 31, 2026, and December 31 of each |
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subsequent year, at least 10 percent of the amount determined under |
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Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |