Texas Utilities Code
§ 35.153 — CONTRACTS FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE FOR RELIABILITY SERVICES
UT § 35.153Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 35. ENERGY PROVIDERS · Art. E. ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE
Statute text
View on source(a)A transmission and distribution utility, with prior approval of the commission, may contract with a power generation company to provide electric energy from an electric energy storage facility to ensure reliable service to distribution customers.
(b)The commission may not authorize ownership of an electric energy storage facility by a transmission and distribution utility.
(c)Before entering into a contract under Subsection (a), the transmission and distribution utility must issue a request for proposals for use of an electric energy storage facility to meet the utility's reliability needs.
(d)A transmission and distribution utility may enter into a contract under Subsection (a) only if use of an electric energy storage facility is more cost-effective than construction or modification of traditional distribution facilities.
(e)A transmission and distribution utility may not enter into a contract under Subsection (a) that reserves an amount of capacity exceeding the amount of capacity required to ensure reliable service to the utility's distribution customers.
(f)A power generation company that owns or operates an electric energy storage facility subject to a contract under Subsection (a) may sell electric energy or ancillary services through use of the facility only to the extent that the company reserves capacity as required by the contract.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 562 (S.B. 415), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.