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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to analysis of and reports on customer response to |
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conservation appeals in ERCOT. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.920 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.920. RESPONSE TO CONSERVATION APPEALS. (a) The |
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independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the |
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ERCOT power region shall collect for each zip code in ERCOT |
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information showing the response by retail electric customers in |
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that zip code to conservation appeals issued by the independent |
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organization. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any provision in Chapter 17, Section |
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39.101, or Section 39.107: |
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(1) the independent organization certified under |
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Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region may request that an |
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electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, retail electric |
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provider, or transmission and distribution utility provide to the |
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independent organization information to allow the independent |
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organization to comply with Subsection (a); and |
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(2) in response to a request described by Subdivision |
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(1), an electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, retail |
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electric provider, or transmission and distribution utility shall |
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provide the information to the independent organization. |
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(c) An electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, |
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retail electric provider, or transmission and distribution utility |
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may not provide individual retail electric customer usage data or |
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personal information to the independent organization certified |
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under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region in response to a |
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request received under this section. |
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(d) The independent organization certified under Section |
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39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall: |
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(1) at least quarterly publish on the independent |
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organization's Internet website updated analyses of the response by |
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retail electric customers in ERCOT to conservation appeals issued |
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by the independent organization; and |
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(2) submit to the legislature an annual report |
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summarizing the analyses published under Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |