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TX Util § 39.1511 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter D. Market Structure|Section 39.1511. Public Meetings of the Governing Body of an Independent Organization

Sec. 39.1511.  PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION.  (a)  Meetings of the governing body of an independent organization certified under Section 39.151 and meetings of a subcommittee that includes a member of the governing body must be open to the public.  The bylaws of the independent organization and the rules of the commission may provide for the governing body or subcommittee to enter into executive session closed to the public to address sensitive matters such as confidential personnel information, contracts, lawsuits, competitively sensitive information, or other information related to the security of the regional electrical network.(b)  The bylaws of the independent organization and rules of the commission must ensure that a person interested in the activities of the independent organization has an opportunity to obtain at least seven days' advance notice of meetings and the planned agendas of the meetings and an opportunity to comment on matters under discussion at the meetings.  The bylaws and commission rules governing meetings of the governing body may provide for a shorter period of advance notice and for meetings by teleconference technology for governing body meetings to take action on urgent matters.  The bylaws and rules must require actions taken on short notice or at teleconference meetings to be ratified at the governing body's next regular meeting.  The notice requirements may be met by a timely electronic posting on the Internet.(c)  The commission shall ensure that an independent organization certified under Section 39.151 makes publicly accessible without charge live Internet video of all public meetings subject to this section for viewing from an Internet website.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 797 (S.B. 408), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 400 (H.B. 1783), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Util § 39.1512 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter D. Market Structure|Section 39.1512. Disclosure of Interest in Matter Before Independent Organization's Governing Body; Participation in Decision

Sec. 39.1512.  DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN MATTER BEFORE INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY; PARTICIPATION IN DECISION.  (a)  If a matter comes before the governing body of an independent organization certified under Section 39.151 and a member has a direct interest in that matter or is employed by or has a substantial financial interest in a person who has a direct interest in that matter, that member shall publicly disclose the fact of that interest to the governing body at a public meeting of the body.  The member shall recuse himself or herself from the governing body's deliberations and actions on the matter and may not vote on the matter or otherwise participate in a governing body decision on the matter.(b)  A disclosure made under Subsection (a) shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting at which the disclosure is made.(c)  The fact that a member is recused from a vote or decision by application of this section does not affect the existence of a quorum. |Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 797 (S.B. 408), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Util § 39.1513 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter D. Market Structure|Section 39.1513. Ercot Board Selection Committee

Sec. 39.1513.  ERCOT BOARD SELECTION COMMITTEE.  (a)  The ERCOT board selection committee is composed of:(1)  one member appointed by the governor;(2)  one member appointed by the lieutenant governor; and(3)  one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.(b)  A person may not be appointed as a member of the committee unless the person is a resident of this state.(c)  A member of the committee is not entitled to compensation for serving as a member but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the official duties of office.(d)  The committee shall select members eligible under Section 39.151 to serve on the governing body of an independent organization certified under that section for the ERCOT power region and shall designate the chair and vice chair of the governing body from those members.(e)  The ERCOT board selection committee shall retain an outside consulting firm to help select members of the governing body under Subsection (d).|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 425 (S.B. 2), Sec. 4, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Util § 39.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter D. Market Structure|Section 39.152. Qualifying Power Regions

Sec. 39.152.  QUALIFYING POWER REGIONS.  (a)  The commission shall certify a power region if:(1)  a sufficient number of interconnected utilities in the power region fall under the operational control of an independent organization as described by Section 39.151;(2)  the power region has a generally applicable tariff that guarantees open and nondiscriminatory access for all users to transmission and distribution facilities in the power region as provided by Section 39.203;  and(3)  no person owns and controls more than 20 percent of the installed generation capacity located in or capable of delivering electricity to a power region, as determined according to Section 39.154.(b)  In determining whether a power region not entirely within the state meets the requirements of this section, the commission shall consider the extent to which the available transmission facilities limit the delivery of electricity from generators located outside the state to areas of the power region within the state.(c)  For a power region outside of ERCOT, the requirements of Subsection (a)(2) shall be deemed to have been met if power aggregating to approximately 50,000 megawatts can be delivered to the portion of the power region that is in this state through the payment of not more than one transmission tariff.(d)  For a power region outside of ERCOT, a power generation company that is affiliated with an electric utility may elect to demonstrate that it meets the requirements of Subsection (a)(3) by showing that it does not own and control more than 20 percent of the installed capacity in a geographic market that includes the power region, using the guidelines, standards, and methods adopted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.(e)  In a power region outside of ERCOT, if customer choice is introduced before the requirements of Subsection (a) are met, an affiliated retail electric provider may not compete for retail customers in any area of the power region that is within this state and outside of the affiliated transmission and distribution utility's certificated service area unless the affiliated power generation company makes a commitment to maintain and does maintain rates that are based on cost of service for any electric cooperative or municipally owned utility that was a wholesale customer on January 1, 1999, and was purchasing power at rates that were based on cost of service.  This subsection requires a power generation company to sell power at rates that are based on cost of service, notwithstanding the expiration of a contract for that service, until the requirements of Subsection (a) are met.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 39.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter D. Market Structure|Section 39.154. Limitation of Ownership of Installed Capacity

Sec. 39.154.  LIMITATION OF OWNERSHIP OF INSTALLED CAPACITY.  (a)  Beginning on the date of introduction of customer choice, a power generation company may not own and control more than 20 percent of the installed generation capacity located in, or capable of delivering electricity to, a power region.(b)  In a power region not entirely within the state, the commission may waive or modify the requirement in Subsection (a) on a finding of good cause.(c)  In determining the percentage shares of installed generation capacity under this section, the commission shall combine capacity owned and controlled by a power generation company and any entity that is affiliated with that power generation company within the power region, reduced by the installed generation capacity of those facilities that are made subject to capacity auctions under Sections 39.153(a) and (d).(d)  In this chapter, "installed generation capacity" means all potentially marketable electric generation capacity, including the capacity of:(1)  generating facilities that are connected with a transmission or distribution system;(2)  generating facilities used to generate electricity for consumption by the person owning or controlling the facility;  and(3)  generating facilities that will be connected with a transmission or distribution system and operating within 12 months.(e)  In determining the percentage shares of installed generation capacity owned and controlled by a power generation company under this section and Section 39.156, the commission shall, for purposes of calculating the numerator, reduce the installed generation capacity owned and controlled by that power generation company by the installed generation capacity of any "grandfathered facility" within an ozone nonattainment area as of September 1, 1999, for which that power generation company has commenced complying or made a binding commitment to comply with Section 39.264.  This subsection applies only to a power generation company that is affiliated with an electric utility that owned and controlled more than 27 percent of the installed generation capacity in the power region on January 1, 1999.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 39.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter D. Market Structure|Section 39.155. Commission Assessment of Market Power

Sec. 39.155.  COMMISSION ASSESSMENT OF MARKET POWER.  (a)  Each person, municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, and river authority that owns generation facilities and offers electricity for sale in this state shall report to the commission its installed generation capacity, the total amount of capacity available for sale to others, the total amount of capacity under contract to others, the total amount of capacity dedicated to its own use, its annual wholesale power sales in the state, its annual retail power sales in the state, and any other information necessary for the commission to assess market power or the development of a competitive retail market in the state.  The commission shall by rule prescribe the nature and detail of the reporting requirements and shall administer those reporting requirements in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of competitively sensitive information.(b)  The ERCOT independent system operator shall submit an annual report to the commission identifying existing and potential transmission and distribution constraints and system needs within ERCOT, alternatives for meeting system needs, and recommendations for meeting system needs.  The first report shall be submitted on or before October 1, 1999.  Subsequent reports shall be submitted by January 15 of each year or as determined necessary by the commission.(c)  Before the date of introduction of customer choice in a power region other than ERCOT, each electric utility owning transmission and distribution facilities in that region shall submit an annual report to the commission identifying existing and potential transmission and distribution constraints and system needs in the power region, alternatives for meeting system needs, and recommendations for meeting system needs as directed by the commission.(d)  In a qualifying power region, the reports required by Subsections (b) and (c) shall be submitted by the independent organization or organizations having authority over the power region or discrete areas thereof.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 39.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter D. Market Structure|Section 39.159. Dispatchable Generation

Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 18For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 73 (H.B. 2586), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 1281), Sec. 3, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 4492), Sec. 4, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1580), Sec. 3, see other Sec. 39.159.Sec. 39.159.  DISPATCHABLE GENERATION.  (a)  For the purposes of this section, a generation facility is considered to be non-dispatchable if the facility's output is controlled primarily by forces outside of human control.(b)  The commission shall ensure that the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region:(1)  establishes requirements to meet the reliability needs of the power region;(2)  periodically, but at least annually, determines the quantity and characteristics of ancillary or reliability services necessary to ensure appropriate reliability during extreme heat and extreme cold weather conditions and during times of low non-dispatchable power production in the power region;(3)  procures ancillary or reliability services on a competitive basis to ensure appropriate reliability during extreme heat and extreme cold weather conditions and during times of low non-dispatchable power production in the power region;(4)  develops appropriate qualification and performance requirements for providing services under Subdivision (3), including appropriate penalties for failure to provide the services; and(5)  sizes the services procured under Subdivision (3) to prevent prolonged rotating outages due to net load variability in high demand and low supply scenarios.(c)  The commission shall ensure that:(1)  resources that provide services under Subsection (b) are dispatchable and able to meet continuous operating requirements for the season in which the service is procured;(2)  winter resource capability qualifications for a service described by Subsection (b) include on-site fuel storage, dual fuel capability, or fuel supply arrangements to ensure winter performance for several days; and(3)  summer resource capability qualifications for a service described by Subsection (b) include facilities or procedures to ensure operation under drought conditions.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 18, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Util § 39.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter D. Market Structure|Section 39.159. Amounts Owed to Independent Organization by Market Participants

Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 4492), Sec. 4For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 73 (H.B. 2586), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 18, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 1281), Sec. 3, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1580), Sec. 3, see other Sec. 39.159.Sec. 39.159.  AMOUNTS OWED TO INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION BY MARKET PARTICIPANTS.  (a)  The commission shall require that all market participants fully and promptly pay to the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region all amounts owed to the independent organization, or provide for the full and prompt payment of those amounts owed,  which must be calculated solely according to the protocols of the independent organization in effect during the period of emergency and subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, to qualify, or to continue to qualify, as a market participant in the ERCOT power region.(b)  The independent organization shall report to the commission that a market participant is in default for the failure to pay, or provide for the full and prompt payment of, all amounts owed to the independent organization as calculated in accordance with this section. The commission may not allow the defaulting market participant to continue to be a market participant in the ERCOT power region for any purpose or allow the independent organization to accept the defaulting market participant's loads or generation for scheduling in the ERCOT power region until all amounts owed to the independent organization by the market participant as calculated in this section are fully paid.(c)  The commission and the independent organization shall pursue collection in full of amounts owed to the independent organization by any market participant to reduce the costs that would otherwise be borne by other market participants or their customers.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 4492), Sec. 4, eff. June 16, 2021.|
TX Util § 39.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter D. Market Structure|Section 39.159. Charges for Certain Market Participants

Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1580), Sec. 3For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 73 (H.B. 2586), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 18, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 1281), Sec. 3, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 4492), Sec. 4, see other Sec. 39.159.Sec. 39.159.  CHARGES FOR CERTAIN MARKET PARTICIPANTS.  Notwithstanding any other law, no default or uplift charge or repayment may be allocated to or collected from a market participant that:(1)  otherwise would be subject to an uplift charge solely as a result of acting as a central counterparty clearinghouse in wholesale market transactions in the ERCOT power region; and(2)  is regulated as a derivatives clearing organization, as defined by the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Section 1a).|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1580), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2021.|
TX Util § 39.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter D. Market Structure|Section 39.159. Audit of Independent Organization Certified for Ercot Power Region

Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 73 (H.B. 2586), Sec. 1For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 18, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 1281), Sec. 3, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 4492), Sec. 4, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1580), Sec. 3, see other Sec. 39.159.Sec. 39.159.  AUDIT OF INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION CERTIFIED FOR ERCOT POWER REGION.  (a)  The commission annually shall have an independent audit made of each independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region.(b)  An audit under this section must examine:(1)  the independent organization's financial condition, including the organization's budget and expenses, and the salaries of the organization's employees and board members; and(2)  compliance of the independent organization's assets with all applicable commission standards.(c)  Not later than the 60th day after the date an audit under this section is completed the commission shall:(1)  publish the results of the audit on the commission's Internet website; and(2)  submit the results of the audit to the state auditor and members of the standing committees of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over the commission.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 73 (H.B. 2586), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Util § 39.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter D. Market Structure|Section 39.159. Grid Reliability Assessment

Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 1281), Sec. 3For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 73 (H.B. 2586), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 18, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 4492), Sec. 4, see other Sec. 39.159.For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1580), Sec. 3, see other Sec. 39.159.Sec. 39.159.  GRID RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT.  (a)  The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall conduct a biennial assessment of the ERCOT power grid to assess the grid's reliability in extreme weather scenarios.(b)  Each assessment must:(1)  consider the impact of different levels of thermal and renewable generation availability; and(2)  recommend transmission projects that may increase the grid's reliability in extreme weather scenarios.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 1281), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|