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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reliability backup service for non-dispatchable |
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generation resources in the ERCOT power region. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.1591 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.1591. BACKUP RELIABILITY SERVICE FOR |
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NON-DISPATCHABLE GENERATION. (a) For the purposes of this |
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section, a generation facility is considered to be non-dispatchable |
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if the facility's generation output is controlled primarily by |
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forces outside of human control. |
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(b) Each non-dispatchable wholesale generation resource in |
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the ERCOT power region shall pay a charge for reliability backup |
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service during each interval the non-dispatchable wholesale |
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generation resource is not available to meet system needs as |
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scheduled. The charge must be paid to dispatchable thermal |
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resources providing energy or ancillary services during the |
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intervals when the reliability backup service is required. |
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(c) The commission shall: |
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(1) establish the charge for reliability backup |
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service in an amount necessary to fully compensate dispatchable |
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thermal resources for providing reliability backup service to |
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improve and maintain the reliability of the grid; and |
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(2) direct the ERCOT independent system operator to |
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settle the charge for reliability backup service periodically. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |