88R14167 ANG-D
 
  By: Goldman H.B. No. 4591
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the membership and meetings of the Texas Energy
  Reliability Council.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 418.303(a), Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 426 (S.B. 3), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The council is composed of:
               (1)  the chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas;
               (2)  the presiding officer of the Public Utility
  Commission of Texas;
               (3)  the chief executive of the Office of Public
  Utility Counsel;
               (4)  the presiding officer of the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality;
               (5)  the chair of the Texas Transportation Commission;
               (6)  a person to represent the independent organization
  certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power
  region, appointed by the governor;
               (7)  the chief;
               (8)  eight [five] persons to represent participants in
  the natural gas supply chain in this state, appointed by the
  Railroad Commission of Texas to represent as many types of
  participants as possible;
               (9)  five persons to represent the electric industry,
  appointed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, including:
                     (A)  one person to represent entities that provide
  dispatchable electric energy to the power grid in this state;
                     (B)  one person to represent transmission and
  distribution utilities, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities
  Code;
                     (C)  one person to represent retail electric
  providers, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;
                     (D)  one person to represent municipally owned
  utilities, as defined by Section 11.003, Utilities Code; and
                     (E)  one person to represent electric
  cooperatives;
               (10)  three persons to represent energy sectors not
  otherwise represented on the council, appointed by the Public
  Utility Commission of Texas; and
               (11)  five persons to represent industrial concerns,
  appointed by the governor, including:
                     (A)  one person to represent motor fuel producers;
  and
                     (B)  one person to represent chemical
  manufacturers.
         SECTION 2.  Section 418.308, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  The council may not develop or present policy
  recommendations for participants in the energy and electric
  industries or for state agencies or local entities that regulate
  energy and electric industries except for the purposes of reporting
  to the legislature its recommendations under Section 418.310.
         SECTION 3.  Section 418.309, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  A member of the council may describe publicly the
  subject of any matter deliberated in a meeting of the council. The
  description may not contain or disclose specific confidential
  information.
         SECTION 4.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Railroad Commission of Texas shall appoint members
  to the Texas Energy Reliability Council as required by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.