Bill Text: TX HB2569 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to notice of planned and unplanned service interruptions provided to ERCOT by certain electric generation service providers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2569 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2569-Introduced.html

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88R9336 DIO-D
By: Shaheen H.B. No. 2569

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of planned and unplanned service interruptions
provided to ERCOT by certain electric generation service providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 35.0022 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.0022. SERVICE INTERRUPTION NOTIFICATIONS. (a)
This section applies only to a provider of electric generation
service described by Section 35.0021(a).
(b) A provider of electric generation service shall provide
to the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for
the ERCOT power region notice of each planned or unplanned service
interruption not later than 48 hours after the interruption of the
service has impacted generation availability.
(c) The notice described by Subsection (b) may be provided
in any reasonable manner, including by e-mail or an electronic
interface on the provider's Internet website.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.