Texas Utilities Code

§ 121.2015 — REQUIRED SAFETY RULES

UT § 121.2015Title 3. GAS REGULATION · Part B. REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND USE · Ch. 121. GAS PIPELINES · Art. E. PIPELINE SAFETY

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(a)The railroad commission shall adopt rules regarding:

(1)public education and awareness relating to gas pipeline facilities;

(2)community liaison for responding to an emergency relating to a gas pipeline facility; and

(3)measures a gas pipeline facility operator must implement to prepare the gas pipeline facility to maintain service quality and reliability during extreme weather conditions if the gas pipeline facility:

(A)directly serves a natural gas electric generation facility operating solely to provide power to the electric grid for the ERCOT power region or for the ERCOT power region and an adjacent power region; and

(B)is included on the electricity supply chain map created under Section 38.203. (a-1) In adopting rules under Subsection (a)(3), the railroad commission shall take into consideration weather predictions produced by the office of the state climatologist.

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1197 (H.B. 4300), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 21, eff. June 8, 2021.