TITLE: Relating to a study to project the economic and grid reliability effects that may result from interconnecting certain electric transmission facilities with transmission facilities operated by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator.

SUMMARY: Relating to a study to project the economic and grid reliability effects that may result from interconnecting certain electric transmission facilities with transmission facilities operated by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator.

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AN ACT relating to a study to project the economic and grid reliability effects that may result from interconnecting certain electric transmission facilities with transmission facilities operated by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The president of the University of Houston shall designate a department or entity at the university to conduct a study to project the economic effects and electric grid reliability effects that may result from: (1) interconnecting transmission facilities that are located in Harris County with transmission facilities that are operated by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator; and (2) allowing for the purchase of power at wholesale by entities in Harris County through markets operated by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. SECTION 2. The department or entity at the University of Houston designated by the president of the university to conduct the study under Section 1 of this Act shall prepare a report with the conclusions of the study and submit the report to the legislature and the Commissioners Court of Harris County not later than September 1, 2022. SECTION 3. This Act expires December 1, 2022. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.