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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the participation of distributed energy resources in |
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the ERCOT market. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.9165 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.9165. PARTICIPATION OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY |
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RESOURCES IN THE MARKET. (a) In this section, "distributed energy |
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resource" means a generation resource that: |
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(1) provides generation, storage, or both; |
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(2) is interconnected at or below 60 kilovolts; and |
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(3) operates in parallel with the distribution system. |
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(b) The commission by rule shall allow a person who owns or |
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operates a distributed energy resource with an installed capacity |
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of 10 megawatts or less to participate in the ancillary and |
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wholesale energy market in the ERCOT power region. |
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(c) In allowing for the participation of a person who owns |
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or operates a distributed energy resource to participate under |
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Subsection (b), the commission shall adopt interconnection, |
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registration, qualification, telemetry, data submission, and |
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compliance requirements that are less rigorous than requirements |
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for a generation resource that is not a distributed energy |
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resource. |
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(d) The commission shall allow a person to aggregate |
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distributed energy resources that are geographically linked to an |
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electric bus or node for participation as an aggregated resource in |
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the ancillary and wholesale energy market in the ERCOT power |
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region. |
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SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall |
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adopt the rules required by Section 39.9165, Utilities Code, as |
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added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |