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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to facilities included in the electricity supply chain. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.157, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.157. MAPS. (a) An electric utility shall file with |
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the commission one or more maps that show each utility facility and |
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that separately illustrate each utility facility for the |
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generation, transmission, or distribution of the utility's |
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services on a date the commission orders. |
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(b) Each electric utility and municipally owned utility |
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shall provide the utility's service area boundary map in a |
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geographic information system format to the commission. The service |
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area boundary map may be provided to the commission in a geodatabase |
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feature class or shapefile. |
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SECTION 2. Section 38.201, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) In this subchapter, "electricity supply chain" means: |
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(1) facilities and methods used for producing, |
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treating, processing, pressurizing, storing, or transporting |
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natural gas for delivery to electric generation facilities; [and] |
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(2) critical infrastructure necessary to maintain |
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electricity service; and |
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(3) roads necessary to access facilities in the |
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electricity supply chain. |
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(a-1) A reference in this subchapter to the "electricity |
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supply chain" includes water and wastewater treatment plants. |
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(b) The Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping |
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Committee is established to: |
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(1) map this state's electricity supply chain; |
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(2) identify critical infrastructure sources in the |
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electricity supply chain; |
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(3) establish best practices to prepare facilities |
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[that provide electric service and natural gas service] in the |
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electricity supply chain to maintain service in an extreme weather |
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event and recommend oversight and compliance standards for those |
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facilities; and |
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(4) designate priority service needs to prepare for, |
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respond to, and recover from an extreme weather event. |
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(c) The committee is composed of: |
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(1) the executive director of the commission; |
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(2) the executive director of the Railroad Commission |
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of Texas; |
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(3) the president and the chief executive officer of |
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the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the |
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ERCOT power region; [and] |
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(4) the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency |
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Management; and |
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(5) the executive director of the Texas Department of |
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Transportation. |
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SECTION 3. Section 38.202(c), Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The commission, the Railroad Commission of Texas, [and] |
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the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and the Texas |
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Department of Transportation shall provide staff as necessary to |
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assist the committee in carrying out the committee's duties and |
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responsibilities. |
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SECTION 4. Section 38.203, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (f), (g), (h), and |
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(i) to read as follows: |
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(a) The committee shall: |
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(1) map the state's electricity supply chain in order |
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to designate priority electricity service needs during extreme |
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weather events; |
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(2) identify and designate the sources in the |
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electricity supply chain necessary to operate critical |
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infrastructure, as defined by Section 421.001, Government Code; |
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(3) develop a communication system between critical |
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infrastructure sources, the commission, and the independent |
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organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power |
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region to ensure that electricity and natural gas supplies in the |
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electricity supply chain are prioritized to those sources during an |
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extreme weather event; and |
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(4) establish best practices to prepare facilities |
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[that provide electric service and natural gas service] in the |
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electricity supply chain to maintain service in an extreme weather |
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event and recommend oversight and compliance standards for those |
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facilities. |
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(f) On request, the committee shall provide view-only |
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access to the electricity supply chain map to: |
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(1) an electric utility, a transmission and |
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distribution utility, an electric cooperative, or a municipally |
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owned utility; |
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(2) an operator of a gas supply chain facility, as |
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defined by Section 86.044, Natural Resources Code; or |
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(3) an operator of a gas pipeline facility described |
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by Section 121.2015. |
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(g) Access to the electricity supply chain map by an entity |
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described by Subsection (f)(1) is limited to the critical natural |
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gas facilities on the map that are located in the requesting |
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entity's service area. |
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(h) The committee may not provide an entity described by |
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Subsection (f)(1) with access to the electricity supply chain map |
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unless the entity has complied with Section 37.157. |
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(i) Access to the electricity supply chain map by an |
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operator described by Subsections (f)(2) and (3) is limited to the |
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critical natural gas facilities owned by the requesting operator. |
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SECTION 5. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall |
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require each entity to which Section 37.157(b), Utilities Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies to comply with that section not later |
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than September 30, 2023. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |