TITLE: Relating to the authority of an independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region to require information from and registration by certain facilities.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of an independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region to require information from and registration by certain facilities.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of an independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region to require information from and registration by certain facilities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Section 39.166 to read as follows: Sec. 39.166. LARGE ELECTRICAL LOADS. The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region may require a person seeking to receive retail electric service for a facility that the organization anticipates will require a large electrical load to: (1) provide to the organization any information about the person or the existing or future load of the facility that is reasonably necessary for the purposes described by Section 39.151(a), including telemetry of the facility's real-time electrical load; and (2) register the facility with the organization. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.