88R2523 ANG-F
 
  By: Johnson S.B. No. 2111
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to reporting by operators of certain gas supply chain
  facilities and gas pipeline facilities on a failure to perform a
  contractual obligation due to a weather emergency.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 86.044, Natural Resources Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:
         (g-1)  The commission by rule shall require each operator of
  a gas supply chain facility that fails to perform a contractual
  obligation related to the provision of natural gas in the
  electricity supply chain as mapped under Section 38.203, Utilities
  Code, due to force majeure during a weather emergency to report the
  failure and force majeure to the commission not later than the 60th
  day after the date of the failure.  Information provided by an
  operator of a gas supply chain facility under this subsection is
  confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
  Government Code, unless the requestor is a party to the contract.
         SECTION 2.  Section 121.2015, Utilities Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
         (e-1)  The railroad commission by rule shall require each gas
  pipeline facility operator described by Subsection (a)(3) that
  fails to perform a contractual obligation regarding the provision
  of gas in the electricity supply chain as mapped under Section
  38.203 due to force majeure during a weather emergency to report the
  failure and force majeure to the railroad commission not later than
  the 60th day after the date of the failure.  Information provided by
  a gas pipeline facility operator under this subsection is
  confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
  Government Code, unless the requestor is a party to the contract.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.