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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a limitation on wind and solar installed generation |
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capacity 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. Section 39.1592(a), Utilities Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to an electric generation |
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facility in the ERCOT power region for which a standard generator |
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interconnection agreement is signed on or after September 1, 2025 |
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[January 1, 2027, that has been in operation for at least one year], |
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and that is not a self-generator. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.1596 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.1596. LIMITATION ON WIND AND SOLAR GENERATION |
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CAPACITY. (a) This section applies only to an electric generation |
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facility that: |
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(1) exclusively relies on an energy source derived |
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from wind or the sun; and |
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(2) is subject to a standard generator interconnection |
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agreement. |
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(b) Not later than January 1, 2029, the commission shall |
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determine whether the installed generation capacity from the |
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electric generation facilities described by Subsection (a) is |
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contributing more than 35 percent of the available generation |
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capacity for the ERCOT power region at any time. |
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(c) If the commission determines the installed generation |
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capacity described by Subsection (b) contributes more than 35 |
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percent of the available generation capacity for the ERCOT power |
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region at any time, the commission shall by rule establish a program |
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to require disconnection from the power grid of electric generation |
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facilities as provided by this subsection. The program must: |
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(1) require the disconnection from the power grid of |
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only facilities for which a standard generator interconnection |
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agreement was signed before September 1, 2025; and |
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(2) establish a goal of reducing the installed |
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generation capacity from facilities for which a standard generator |
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interconnection agreement was signed before September 1, 2025, so |
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that the installed capacity from all electric generation facilities |
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exclusively relying on an energy source derived from wind or the sun |
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contributes 35 percent or less of the available generation capacity |
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for the ERCOT power region at any time. |
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(d) After completion of the program required under |
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Subsection (c), the commission may allow the installation of new |
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generation capacity from an electric generation facility described |
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by Subsection (a), regardless of the goal described by Subsection |
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(c)(2), if the facility complies with Section 39.1592. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |