By: Blanco	S.B. No. 2259

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the legislature's goals for baseload electric
	generating capacity.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 39.904(a), Utilities Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  It is the intent of the legislature that by January 1,
	2015, an additional 5,000 megawatts of generating capacity from
	renewable energy technologies will have been installed in this
	state. The cumulative installed renewable capacity in this state
	shall total 5,880 megawatts by January 1, 2015, and the commission
	shall establish a target of 10,000 megawatts of installed renewable
	capacity by January 1, 2025. The cumulative installed renewable
	capacity in this state shall total 2,280 megawatts by January 1,
	2007, 3,272 megawatts by January 1, 2009, 4,264 megawatts by
	January 1, 2011, 5,256 megawatts by January 1, 2013, and 5,880
	megawatts by January 1, 2015. Of the renewable energy technology
	generating capacity installed to meet the goal of this subsection
	after September 1, 2005, the commission shall establish a target of
	having at least 500 megawatts of capacity from a renewable energy
	technology other than a source using wind energy. In addition to
	the other goals in this subsection, it is the intent of the
	legislature that by January 1, 2030, an additional 5,000 megawatts
	of baseload generating capacity from dispatchable or unvarying
	renewable energy technologies will have been installed in this
	state.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.