Bill Text: TX HB3061 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the generation of electricity in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3061 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3061-Introduced.html
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| By: Davis | H.B. No. 3061 | |
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| relating to the generation of electricity in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 35.0021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 35.0021. MAINTENANCE OF GENERATION ASSETS; CAPACITY | ||
| FORECAST REPORTS. The commission by rule shall require each | ||
| provider of generation in the ERCOT power region to: | ||
| (1) submit to the commission annual maintenance plans | ||
| showing how the provider will maintain generation assets; | ||
| (2) periodically inspect and maintain generation | ||
| assets to ensure that the assets can withstand extreme weather | ||
| conditions; and | ||
| (3) report to the independent organization certified | ||
| under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region annual forecasts of | ||
| the provider's generation capacity for a five-year period beginning | ||
| with the year following the year in which the forecast is submitted. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 39.351, Utilities Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The commission shall require a person registered under | ||
| this section who operates a natural gas generation facility to | ||
| maintain at the site of the facility an amount of natural gas as a | ||
| reserve that will allow the facility to provide generation for at | ||
| least 48 hours that equals at least 10 percent of the net dependable | ||
| capability of the facility in the event of a natural gas shortage. | ||
| In this subsection, "net dependable capability" means the maximum | ||
| load in megawatts, net of station use, which a generating unit or | ||
| generating station can carry under specified conditions for a given | ||
| period of time, without exceeding approved limits of temperature | ||
| and stress. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than September 1, 2022, the Public | ||
| Utility Commission of Texas shall submit a report to the | ||
| legislature on the potential costs and benefits of establishing an | ||
| emergency strategic electric energy reserve in this state. The | ||
| report must evaluate the feasibility of establishing a state | ||
| natural gas reserve and of constructing state-owned power plants. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
