LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 31, 2021

TO:
Honorable Kelly Hancock, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB415 by Hancock (relating to use of electric energy storage facilities in the ERCOT power region.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The Public Utility Commission anticipates that the costs associated with the bill's provisions relating to agreements between power generation companies and transmission and distribution utilities in the ERCOT power region could be absorbed using existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 475 Office of Public Utility Counsel
LBB Staff:
JMc, SZ, MB, RRE, SMAT