LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 29, 2021

TO:	Honorable Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Dade Phelan, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1281 by Hancock (relating to a reliability assessment of the ERCOT power grid and certificates of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects.), Conference Committee Report

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

It is assumed that the costs associated with the bill's provisions relating to a reliability assessment of the ERCOT power grid and certificates of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects 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, CMA, SMAT, MB, RRE