Texas Utilities Code
§ 35.0021 — WEATHER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
UT § 35.0021Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 35. ENERGY PROVIDERS · Art. A. COMPETITION AND TRANSMISSION ACCESS IN THE WHOLESALE MARKET
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to a municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, power generation company, or exempt wholesale generator that sells electric energy at wholesale in the ERCOT power region.
(b)The commission by rule shall require each provider of electric generation service described by Subsection (a) to implement measures to prepare the provider's generation assets to provide adequate electric generation service during a weather emergency according to reliability 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.
(c)The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall:
(1)inspect generation assets in the ERCOT power region for compliance with the reliability standards;
(2)provide the owner of a generation asset 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. (c-1) The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall prioritize inspections conducted under Subsection (c)(1) based on risk level, as determined by the organization.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 13, eff. June 8, 2021.