Amend CSHB 1500 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Section 35.0022 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.0022. SERVICE INTERRUPTION NOTIFICATIONS. (a) This section applies only to a provider of electric generation service described by Section 35.0021(a).
(b) The commission by rule shall require a provider of electric generation service to provide to the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region notice of each material unplanned service interruption within a reasonable time after the interruption of the service has impacted generation availability. Not later than the third business day after the service is restored, the independent organization shall summarize the notices provided under this subsection in a publicly available report.
(c) The report described by Subsection (b) shall state the reasons for the unplanned service interruption and may be published in any reasonable manner, including through an electronic interface on the Internet website of the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region.