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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to attaining reserve capacity margins in power regions to |
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meet expected peak demand. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.161 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.161. POWER REGION RESERVE MARGIN. (a) Not later |
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than June 1 of each year, the independent organization certified |
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under Section 39.151 for each power region shall study and project |
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for the following year the: |
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(1) anticipated and installed generation capacity |
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located in or capable of delivering electricity to the power |
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region; |
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(2) expected peak demand in the power region; and |
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(3) amount of reserve capacity necessary to maintain a |
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1 in 10 reliability standard in the power region. |
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(b) If the independent organization determines under |
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Subsection (a) that the amount of reserve capacity available for |
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the following year will not maintain the reliability standard |
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relative to the expected peak demand, the organization shall attain |
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peak demand through voluntary load participation programs, with at |
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least 20 percent of the peak demand being attained from each of the |
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following classes: |
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(1) residential; |
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(2) commercial; and |
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(3) industrial. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |