Bill Text: TX HB14 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Left pending in committee [HB14 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB14-Introduced.html

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By: Goldman H.B. No. 14

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Texas Electricity Supply Chain
Mapping Committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter F to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER F. TEXAS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING COMMITTEE
Sec. 38.201. TEXAS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING
COMMITTEE. (a) The Texas Electricity Supply Chain Mapping
Committee is a committee to:
(1) map the state's electricity supply chain;
(2) identify critical infrastructure sources along
the electricity supply chain;
(3) make recommendations on measures to prepare
facilities that provide electric and gas service to maintain
service in an extreme weather event; and
(4) designate priority service needs in extreme
weather events.
(b) The committee is composed of:
(1) the executive director of the Railroad Commission
of Texas;
(2) the executive director of the commission;
(3) the president and chief executive office of the
Electric Reliability Council of Texas; and
(4) the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency
Management.
(c) Each member of the committee may designate a personal
representative from the member's organization to represent the
member on the committee, but that designation does not relieve the
member of responsibility for the acts and omissions of the
representative.
(d) The executive director of the commission shall serve as
chairman, and the executive director of the Railroad Commission
shall serve as vice-chairman of the committee.
Sec. 38.202. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The committee shall meet
not less than once each calendar quarter at a time determined by the
committee and at the call of the chairman.
(c) Each member of the committee may receive reimbursement
for actual and necessary expenses in carrying out committee
responsibilities as provided by legislative appropriations. Each
member who is a representative of a state entity shall be reimbursed
from the money budgeted to the member's state entity.
(d) Each entity listed in Sections 38.201(b)(1) through (4)
of this code that is represented on the committee shall provide
staff as necessary to assist the committee in carrying out its
responsibilities.
(e) The committee is subject to Chapter 2001, Government
Code, Chapter 551, Government Code, and Chapter 552, Government
Code.
Sec. 38.203. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. (a) The
committee shall:
(1) map the state's electricity supply chain in order
to designate priority electricity service needs in extreme weather
events;
(2) identify and designate the sources in the supply
chain necessary to operate critical infrastructure, as that term is
defined in Section 421.001, Government Code;
(3) develop a communication system between the
critical infrastructure sources, the commission, and the Electric
Reliability Council of Texas to ensure that electricity supply is
prioritized to those sources in an extreme weather event;
(4) make recommendations on measures to prepare
facilities that provide electric and gas service to maintain
service in an extreme weather event; and
(5) publish a report required by Section 38.204 of
this code.
(b) The commission shall create and maintain a database
identifying the critical infrastructure sources with priority
electricity needs during an extreme weather event. The database
shall be updated annually.
Sec. 38.204. ELECTRIC SUPPLY MAPPING REPORT. The committee
shall publish not later than January 1, 2022, a report to the
Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker, and Legislature covering the
activities and findings of the committee. The report must:
(1) provide a detailed map of the electricity supply
chain and identify those sources designated as necessary to operate
critical infrastructure;
(2) recommend a clear and thorough communication
system between the entities listed in Sections 38.201(b)(1) through
(4) of this code and the critical infrastructure sources to ensure
that electricity supply is prioritized to those sources during
extreme weather events.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.