Bill Text: TX HB3044 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the periodic elimination of generic transmission constraints in the ERCOT power region.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - Filed [HB3044 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB3044-Introduced.html
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| By: Darby | H.B. No. 3044 | |
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| relating to the periodic elimination of generic transmission | ||
| constraints in the ERCOT power region. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 39.171 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.171. GENERIC TRANSMISSION CONSTRAINT ELIMINATION. | ||
| (a) In this section, "generic transmission constraint" means a | ||
| defined group of transmission lines connecting two areas of the | ||
| ERCOT power grid for which the independent organization certified | ||
| under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region has assigned a power | ||
| flow limit to maintain grid stability. | ||
| (b) The commission by rule shall require the independent | ||
| organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power | ||
| region to implement a program to eliminate each generic | ||
| transmission constraint not later than the 10th anniversary of the | ||
| date on which the generic transmission constraint was established. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
