Texas Utilities Code

§ 34.0204 — TEXAS BACKUP POWER PACKAGES

UT § 34.0204Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 34. FACILITY FUNDING · Art. B. TEXAS POWER PROMISE: BACKUP POWER PACKAGES

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The commission may use money in the Texas energy fund without further appropriation to provide a grant or loan for the operation of a Texas backup power package that:

(1)is engineered to minimize operation costs;

(2)uses interconnection technology and controls that enable immediate islanding from the power grid and stand-alone operation for the host facility;

(3)is capable of operating for at least 48 continuous hours without refueling or connecting to a separate power source;

(4)is designed so that one or more Texas backup power packages can be aggregated on-site to serve not more than 2.5 megawatts of load at the host facility;

(5)provides power sourced from:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 465 (S.B. 2627), Sec. 2, eff. November 7, 2023.