Bill Text: TX HB4284 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the On-Site Load Mitigation Grant Program to mitigate the demand for energy on the electric grid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4284 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4284-Introduced.html
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| By: Vasut | H.B. No. 4284 | |
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| relating to the establishment of the On-Site Load Mitigation Grant | ||
| Program to mitigate the demand for energy on the electric grid. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Utilities Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Chapter 34 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 34. ON-SITE LOAD MITIGATION PROGRAM | ||
| Sec. 34.0101. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "grant program" | ||
| means the On-Site Load Mitigation Program. | ||
| Sec. 34.0102. ON-SITE LOAD MITIGATION PROGRAM. (a) From | ||
| funds appropriated for the purpose, the commission shall establish | ||
| a grant program to provide grants that mitigate the demand for | ||
| energy on the electric grid by supporting the use of advanced | ||
| nuclear reactors and cogeneration facilities by facilities that | ||
| require large-scale loads of electricity. | ||
| (b) The commission by rule shall establish eligibility | ||
| criteria for projects to receive a grant under this section, | ||
| including requiring that a project must: | ||
| (1) reduce load on the electric grid; or | ||
| (2) prevent additional load from being demanded from | ||
| the electric grid. | ||
| Sec. 34.0103. RULEMAKING. The commission by rule shall | ||
| implement and administer the grant program. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
