88R13223 ANG-D
 
  By: Hall S.B. No. 2002
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a limitation on the generation capacity provided for
  the ERCOT power grid from wind and solar generation facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.159, Utilities Code, as added by
  Chapter 426 (S.B. 3), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2021, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding
  Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (b)  The commission shall ensure that the independent
  organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power
  region:
               (1)  subject to Subsection (d), establishes
  requirements to meet the reliability needs of the power region;
               (2)  periodically, but at least annually, determines
  the quantity and characteristics of ancillary or reliability
  services necessary to ensure appropriate reliability during
  extreme heat and extreme cold weather conditions and during times
  of low non-dispatchable power production in the power region;
               (3)  procures ancillary or reliability services on a
  competitive basis to ensure appropriate reliability during extreme
  heat and extreme cold weather conditions and during times of low
  non-dispatchable power production in the power region;
               (4)  develops appropriate qualification and
  performance requirements for providing services under Subdivision
  (3), including appropriate penalties for failure to provide the
  services; and
               (5)  sizes the services procured under Subdivision (3)
  to prevent prolonged rotating outages due to net load variability
  in high demand and low supply scenarios.
         (d)  Beginning January 1, 2027, notwithstanding any other
  law, if the commission determines that installed generation
  capacity from wind and solar generation facilities is contributing
  more than 20 percent of the available generation capacity for the
  ERCOT power region, the commission shall:
               (1)  prohibit the interconnection of new wind and solar
  generation facilities to the power grid; and
               (2)  by rule establish standards for the disconnection
  of wind and solar power facilities from the power grid to ensure
  that wind and solar generation is not contributing more than 20
  percent of the available generation capacity for the ERCOT power
  region at any time.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.