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TX Util § 38.072 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter D. Improvements in Service|Section 38.072. Priorities for Power Restoration to Certain Medical Facilities

Sec. 38.072.  PRIORITIES FOR POWER RESTORATION TO CERTAIN MEDICAL FACILITIES.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Assisted living facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 247.002, Health and Safety Code.(2)  "End stage renal disease facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 251.001, Health and Safety Code.(3)  "Extended power outage" has the meaning assigned by Section 13.1395, Water Code.(4)  "Hospice services" has the meaning assigned by Section 142.001, Health and Safety Code.(5)  "Nursing facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 242.301, Health and Safety Code.(b)  The commission by rule shall require an electric utility to give to the following the same priority that it gives to a hospital in the utility's emergency operations plan for restoring power after an extended power outage:(1)  a nursing facility;(2)  an assisted living facility;(3)  an end stage renal disease facility; and(4)  a facility that provides hospice services.(c)  The rules adopted by the commission under Subsection (b) must allow an electric utility to exercise the electric utility's discretion to prioritize power restoration for a facility after an extended power outage in accordance with the facility's needs and with the characteristics of the geographic area in which power must be restored.(d)  A municipally owned utility shall report the emergency operations plan for restoring power to a facility listed in Subsection (b) to the municipality's governing body or the body vested with the power to manage and operate the municipally owned utility.(e)  An electric cooperative shall report the emergency operations plan for restoring power to a facility listed in Subsection (b) to the board of directors of the electric cooperative.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 640 (S.B. 937), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 961 (S.B. 1876), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Util § 38.073 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter D. Improvements in Service|Section 38.073. Authority of Commission During an Emergency

Sec. 38.073.  AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION DURING AN EMERGENCY.  (a)  On a declaration of a natural disaster or other emergency by the governor, the commission may require an electric utility, municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, qualifying facility, power generation company, exempt wholesale generator, or power marketer to sell electricity to an electric utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative that is unable to supply power to meet customer demand due to the natural disaster or other emergency.  Any plant, property, equipment, or other items used to receive or deliver electricity under this subsection are used and useful in delivering service to the public, and the commission shall allow timely recovery for the costs of those items.  The commission may order an electric utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative to provide interconnection service to another electric utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative to facilitate a sale of electricity under this section.  If the commission does not order the sale of electricity during a declared emergency as described by this subsection, the commission shall promptly submit to the legislature a report describing the reasons why the commission did not make that order.(b)  If an entity receives electricity under Subsection (a), the receiving entity shall reimburse the supplying entity for the actual cost of providing the electricity.  The entity receiving the electricity is responsible for any transmission and distribution service charges specifically incurred in relation to providing the electricity.(c)  An entity that pays for electricity received under Subsection (b) and that is regulated by the commission may fully recover the cost of the electricity in a timely manner by:(1)  including the cost in the entity's fuel cost under Section 36.203; or(2)  notwithstanding Section 36.201, imposing a different surcharge.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1226 (S.B. 1492), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1280 (H.B. 1831), Sec. 2.02, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Util § 38.074 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter D. Improvements in Service|Section 38.074. Critical Natural Gas Facilities and Entities

Sec. 38.074.  CRITICAL NATURAL GAS FACILITIES AND ENTITIES.  (a) The commission shall collaborate with the Railroad Commission of Texas to adopt rules to establish a process to designate certain natural gas facilities and entities associated with providing natural gas in this state as critical during energy emergencies.(b)  The rules must:(1)  ensure that the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region and each electric utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative providing service in the ERCOT power region is provided with the information required by Section 81.073, Natural Resources Code;(2)  provide for prioritizing for load-shed purposes during an energy emergency the facilities and entities designated under Subsection (a); and (3)  provide discretion to an electric utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative providing service in the ERCOT power region to prioritize power delivery and power restoration among the facilities and entities designated under Subsection (a) on the utility's or cooperative's systems, as circumstances require.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 16, eff. June 8, 2021.Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 931 (H.B. 3648), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2021.|
TX Util § 38.075 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter D. Improvements in Service|Section 38.075. Weather Emergency Preparedness

Sec. 38.075.  WEATHER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.  (a)  The commission by rule shall require each electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, and transmission and distribution utility providing transmission service in the ERCOT power region to implement measures to prepare the cooperative's or utility's facilities to maintain service quality and reliability during a weather emergency according to standards adopted by the commission.  In adopting the rules, the commission shall take into consideration weather predictions produced by the office of the state climatologist.(b)  The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall:(1)  inspect the facilities of each electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, and transmission and distribution utility providing transmission service in the ERCOT power region for compliance with the reliability standards;(2)  provide the owner of a facility described by Subdivision (1) with a reasonable period of time in which to remedy any violation the independent organization discovers in an inspection; and(3)  report to the commission any violation that is not remedied in a reasonable period of time.(c)  The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall prioritize inspections conducted under Subsection (b)(1) based on risk level, as determined by the organization.(d)  The commission shall impose an administrative penalty on an entity, including a municipally owned utility or an electric cooperative, that violates a rule adopted under this section and does not remedy that violation within a reasonable period of time.(e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the commission shall allow a transmission and distribution utility to design and operate a load management program for nonresidential customers to be used where the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region has declared a Level 2 Emergency or a higher level of emergency or has otherwise directed the transmission and distribution utility to shed load.  A transmission and distribution utility implementing a load management program under this subsection shall be permitted to recover the reasonable and necessary costs of the load management program under Chapter 36.  A load management program operated under this subsection is not considered a competitive service.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 16, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Util § 38.076 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter D. Improvements in Service|Section 38.076. Involuntary and Voluntary Load Shedding

Sec. 38.076.  INVOLUNTARY AND VOLUNTARY LOAD SHEDDING.  (a)  The commission by rule shall adopt a system to allocate load shedding among electric cooperatives, municipally owned utilities, and transmission and distribution utilities providing transmission service in the ERCOT power region during an involuntary load shedding event initiated by the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the region during an energy emergency.(b)  The system must provide for allocation of the load shedding obligation to each electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, and transmission and distribution utility in different seasons based on historical seasonal peak demand in the service territory of the electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, or transmission and distribution utility.(c)  The commission by rule shall:(1)  categorize types of critical load that may be given the highest priority for power restoration; and(2)  require electric cooperatives, municipally owned utilities, and transmission and distribution utilities providing transmission service in the ERCOT power region to submit to the commission and the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the region:(A)  customers or circuits the cooperative or utility has designated as critical load; and(B)  a plan for participating in load shedding in response to an involuntary load shedding event described by Subsection (a).(d)  The commission by rule shall require electric cooperatives and municipally owned utilities providing transmission service in the ERCOT power region to:(1)  maintain lists of customers willing to voluntarily participate in voluntary load reduction; and(2)  coordinate with municipalities, businesses, and customers that consume large amounts of electricity to encourage voluntary load reduction.(e)  This section does not abridge, enlarge, or modify the obligation of an electric cooperative, a municipally owned utility, or a transmission and distribution utility to comply with federal reliability standards.(f)  After each load shedding event, the commission may conduct an examination of the implementation of load shedding, including whether each electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, and transmission and distribution utility complied with its plan as filed with the commission under Subsection (c)(2).|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 16, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Util § 38.077 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter D. Improvements in Service|Section 38.077. Load Shedding Exercises

Sec. 38.077.  LOAD SHEDDING EXERCISES.  (a)  The commission and the independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region shall conduct simulated or tabletop load shedding exercises with providers of electric generation service and transmission and distribution service in the ERCOT power region.(b)  The commission shall ensure that each year at least one simulated or tabletop exercise is conducted during a summer month and one simulated or tabletop exercise is conducted during a winter month.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 16, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Util § 38.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter E. Infrastructure Improvement and Maintenance Report|Section 38.101. Report on Infrastructure Improvement and Maintenance

Sec. 38.101.  REPORT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE.  (a)  Not later than May 1 of each year, each electric utility shall submit to the commission a report describing the utility's activities related to:(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.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1280 (H.B. 1831), Sec. 2.03, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Util § 38.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter F. Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee|Section 38.201. Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee

Sec. 38.201.  TEXAS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY AND MAPPING COMMITTEE.  (a)  In this subchapter, "electricity supply chain" means:(1)  facilities and methods used for producing, treating, processing, pressurizing, storing, or transporting natural gas for delivery to electric generation facilities; and(2)  critical infrastructure necessary to maintain electricity service.(b)  The Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee is established to:(1)  map this state's electricity supply chain;(2)  identify critical infrastructure sources in the electricity supply chain;(3)  establish best practices to prepare facilities that provide electric service and natural gas service in the electricity supply chain to maintain service in an extreme weather event and recommend oversight and compliance standards for those facilities; and(4)  designate priority service needs to prepare for, respond to, and recover from an extreme weather event.(c)  The committee is composed of:(1)  the executive director of the commission; (2)  the executive director of the Railroad Commission of Texas;(3)  the president and the chief executive officer of the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region; and(4)  the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management.(d)  Each member of the committee may designate a personal representative from the member's organization to represent the member on the committee. A member is responsible for the acts and omissions of the designee related to the designee's representation on the committee.(e)  The executive director of the commission serves as the chair of the committee. The executive director of the Railroad Commission of Texas serves as vice chair of the committee.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 17, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Util § 38.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter F. Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee|Section 38.202. Administration

Sec. 38.202.  ADMINISTRATION.  (a)  The committee shall meet at least once each calendar quarter at a time determined by the committee and at the call of the chair.(b)  A member who is an ex officio member from a state agency shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses in carrying out committee responsibilities from money appropriated for that purpose in the agency's budget. Other members of the committee may receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses in carrying out committee responsibilities from money appropriated for that purpose. (c)  The commission, the Railroad Commission of Texas, and the Texas Division of Emergency Management shall provide staff as necessary to assist the committee in carrying out the committee's duties and responsibilities.(d)  The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall provide staff as necessary to assist the committee in carrying out the committee's duties and responsibilities.(e)  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the committee is not subject to Chapters 2001, 551, and 552, Government Code.(f)  Information written, produced, collected, assembled, or maintained under law or in connection with the transaction of official business by the committee or an officer or employee of the committee is subject to Section 552.008, Government Code.  This subsection does not apply to the physical locations of critical facilities, maps created under this subchapter, or proprietary information created or gathered during the mapping process.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 17, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Util § 38.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter F. Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee|Section 38.203. Powers and Duties of Committee

Sec. 38.203.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEE.  (a)  The committee shall:(1)  map the state's electricity supply chain in order to designate priority electricity service needs during extreme weather events;(2)  identify and designate the sources in the electricity supply chain necessary to operate critical infrastructure, as defined by Section 421.001, Government Code;(3)  develop a communication system between critical infrastructure sources, the commission, and the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region to ensure that electricity and natural gas supplies in the electricity supply chain are prioritized to those sources during an extreme weather event; and(4)  establish best practices to prepare facilities that provide electric service and natural gas service in the electricity supply chain to maintain service in an extreme weather event and recommend oversight and compliance standards for those facilities.(b)  The committee shall update the electricity supply chain map at least once each year.(c)  The commission shall:(1)  create and maintain a database identifying critical infrastructure sources with priority electricity needs to be used during an extreme weather event; and(2)  update the database at least once each year.(d)  The information maintained in the database is confidential under Section 418.181, Government Code, and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.(e)  The committee shall provide the Texas Energy Reliability Council with access to the electricity supply chain map.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 17, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Util § 38.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter F. Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee|Section 38.204. Mapping Report

Sec. 38.204.  MAPPING REPORT.  (a)  Not later than January 1, 2022, the committee shall submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the legislature, and the Texas Energy Reliability Council on the activities and findings of the committee.  The report must:(1)  provide an overview of the committee's findings regarding mapping the electricity supply chain and identifying sources necessary to operate critical infrastructure;(2)  recommend a clear and thorough communication system for the commission, the Railroad Commission of Texas, the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region and critical infrastructure sources in this state to ensure that electricity supply is prioritized to those sources during extreme weather events; and(3)  include a list of the established best practices and recommended oversight and compliance standards adopted under Section 38.203(a)(4).(b)  The report is public information except for portions considered confidential under Chapter 552, Government Code, or other state or federal law.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 17, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Util § 39.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 39.002. Applicability

Text of section as amended by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1580), Sec. 2For text of section as amended by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 4492), Sec. 2, see other Sec. 39.002.Sec. 39.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter, other than Sections 39.1516, 39.155, 39.157(e), 39.159, 39.160, 39.203, 39.904, 39.9051, 39.9052, and 39.914(e), does not apply to a municipally owned utility or an electric cooperative. Sections 39.157(e), 39.203, and 39.904, however, apply only to a municipally owned utility or an electric cooperative that is offering customer choice.  If there is a conflict between the specific provisions of this chapter and any other provisions of this title, except for Chapters 40 and 41, the provisions of this chapter control.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 939 (H.B. 3693), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 16.001, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 610 (S.B. 936), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 4492), Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1580), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2021.|
TX Util § 39.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 39.002. Applicability

Text of section as amended by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 4492), Sec. 2For text of section as amended by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1580), Sec. 2, see other Sec. 39.002.Sec. 39.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter, other than Sections 39.151, 39.1516, 39.155, 39.157(e), 39.159, 39.203, 39.904, 39.9051, 39.9052, and 39.914(e), and Subchapters M and N, does not apply to a municipally owned utility or an electric cooperative. Sections 39.157(e), 39.203, and 39.904, however, apply only to a municipally owned utility or an electric cooperative that is offering customer choice. If there is a conflict between the specific provisions of this chapter and any other provisions of this title, except for Chapters 40 and 41, the provisions of this chapter control.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 939 (H.B. 3693), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 16.001, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 610 (S.B. 936), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 4492), Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1580), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2021.|