Bill Text: TX HB242 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of demand response technology to reduce energy consumption in state-owned buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-12 - Filed [HB242 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB242-Introduced.html
| 87S10483 MWC-D | ||
| By: Zwiener | H.B. No. 242 | |
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| relating to the use of demand response technology to reduce energy | ||
| consumption in state-owned buildings. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 2166, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2166.4021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2166.4021. DEMAND RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY FOR STATE | ||
| BUILDINGS. (a) The commission by rule shall adopt guidelines for | ||
| the required use of demand response technology in state-owned | ||
| buildings, including buildings otherwise exempt from this chapter | ||
| under Section 2166.003, to reduce energy consumption for the | ||
| buildings in response to energy supply constraints. | ||
| (b) The guidelines adopted under Subsection (a) must | ||
| require the remote reduction of building energy consumption by at | ||
| least 30 percent during: | ||
| (1) weather or energy emergencies; and | ||
| (2) peak demand days as determined by the independent | ||
| organization certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Facilities Commission shall adopt the | ||
| guidelines required by Section 2166.4021, Government Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, not later than February 1, 2022. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
