Bill Text: TX SB744 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the reporting on infrastructure and maintenance by electric utilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB744 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB744-Introduced.html

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By: Springer S.B. No. 744

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting on infrastructure and maintenance by
electric utilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section Sec. 38.101 of the Utilities Code,
REPORT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) identifying areas that are susceptible to damage during severe
weather and hardening transmission and distribution facilities in
those areas;
(1) identifying areas that are susceptible to damage during
severe weather and hardening transmission and distribution
facilities in those areas;
(2) vegetation management; and
(3) inspecting distribution poles.
(b) Each electric utility shall include in a report required under
Subsection (a) a summary of the utility's activities related to
preparing for emergency operations.
(c) Each electric utility shall include in a report required under
Subsection (a) a map of Feeder lines and all other lines that
connect the substation to the area where power is to be finally
distributed to the consumers.
(1) All identified lines are also to be made public on the
utilities website and labeled the following:
(A) "Connected", as defined by "Nodal Operating Guide"
of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or
(B) "Disconnected" as defined by "Nodal Operating
Guide" of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
(2) If a line is labeled "Disconnected," the line needs to
be labeled with one of the following reasons for disconnect:
(A) Critical
(B) Standard
(C) Under-Frequency
(D) No longer in use
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a report originally due
on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.