Bill Text: TX SB1699 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to electricity service in the ERCOT power region, including the participation of aggregated distributed energy resources in the ERCOT market.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1699 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1699-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to electricity service in the ERCOT power region, including the participation of aggregated distributed energy resources in the ERCOT market.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1699 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1699-Comm_Sub.html
By: Johnson | S.B. No. 1699 | |
(Hunter) | ||
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relating to the participation of aggregated distributed energy | ||
resources in the ERCOT market. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 31.002(17), Utilities Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(17) "Retail electric provider" means a person that | ||
sells electric energy to retail customers in this state. A retail | ||
electric provider may not own or operate generation assets but may | ||
aggregate distributed energy resources under Section 39.3515. The | ||
term does not include a person not otherwise a retail electric | ||
provider who owns or operates equipment used solely to provide | ||
electricity charging service for consumption by an alternatively | ||
fueled vehicle, as defined by Section 502.004, Transportation Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 39.351, Utilities Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) A person may not generate electricity unless: | ||
(1) the person is registered with the commission as a | ||
power generation company in accordance with this section; or | ||
(2) the electricity is generated as part of a | ||
registered aggregate distributed energy resource under Section | ||
39.3515. | ||
(a-1) A person may register as a power generation company by | ||
filing the following information with the commission: | ||
(1) a description of the location of any facility used | ||
to generate electricity; | ||
(2) a description of the type of services provided; | ||
(3) a copy of any information filed with the Federal | ||
Energy Regulatory Commission in connection with registration with | ||
that commission; and | ||
(4) any other information required by commission rule, | ||
provided that in requiring that information the commission shall | ||
protect the competitive process in a manner that ensures the | ||
confidentiality of competitively sensitive information. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter H, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.3515 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.3515. AGGREGATE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES. (a) | ||
A person who aggregates distributed energy resources: | ||
(1) is not required to register as a power generation | ||
company to aggregate the resources; | ||
(2) shall comply with rules, guidelines, and | ||
registration requirements established by the commission and by | ||
Chapter 17 and this chapter; and | ||
(3) remains accountable for compliance with the | ||
applicable statutes and rules by a subcontractor, an agent, or any | ||
other entity compensated by the person for activities conducted on | ||
the person's behalf. | ||
(b) The commission may establish rules and registration | ||
requirements for the aggregation of distributed energy resources. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |