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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of an independent organization certified |
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for the ERCOT power region to require information from and |
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registration by certain facilities. |
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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 39.166 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.166. LARGE, FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL LOADS. (a) The |
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independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the |
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ERCOT power region may require a person seeking to receive retail |
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electric service for a computing facility that requires a large, |
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flexible electrical load or that the organization anticipates will |
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require a large, flexible electrical load to: |
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(1) provide to the organization any information about |
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the person or the existing or future load of the facility that is |
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reasonably necessary for the purposes described by Section |
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39.151(a), including telemetry of the facility's real-time |
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electrical load; and |
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(2) register the facility with the organization. |
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(b) The independent organization certified under Section |
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39.151 for the ERCOT power region may adopt a ramping threshold, a |
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consumption threshold, or other standard for determining whether an |
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electrical load is large and flexible for the purposes of |
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Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |