88R10816 JXC-F
	By: Schwertner	S.B. No. 1295

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the provision of information regarding distributed
	generation and certain electrical loads.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 39.9165, Utilities Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 39.9165.  DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITY REPORTING.
	(a)  In this section, "distributed generation facility"
	[generation"] is an electrical generating facility, including an
	energy storage facility, that:
	(1)  [may be located at a customer's point of delivery;
	[(2)]  is connected at a voltage less than 60
	kilovolts; and
	(2)  is capable of being [(3)  may be] connected in
	parallel operation to the utility system.
	(b)  An independent organization certified under Section
	39.151 may [shall] require an owner or operator of a distributed
	generation facility operating in the power region served by the
	independent organization to provide information about the
	distributed generation facility, as specified by the independent
	organization, to the owner's or operator's [to register with the
	organization and] interconnecting electric cooperative,
	municipally owned utility, or transmission and distribution
	utility [information necessary for the interconnection of the
	distributed generator].
	(c)  An independent organization certified under Section
	39.151 may require each electric cooperative, municipally owned
	utility, and transmission and distribution utility operating in the
	power region served by the independent organization to provide to
	the independent organization any information about distributed
	generation facilities or distribution-connected loads in the
	service territory of the electric cooperative, municipally owned
	utility, or transmission and distribution utility that the
	independent organization identifies as necessary for maintaining
	system reliability.
	(d)  The commission may require an owner or operator of a
	distributed generation facility or an electric cooperative,
	municipally owned utility, or transmission and distribution
	utility to provide the information described by Subsections (b) and
	(c).
	(e)  The commission or an independent organization certified
	under Section 39.151 may require information described by
	Subsections (b) and (c) to be provided on an individual basis or on
	an aggregated basis [This section does not apply to distributed
	generation serving a residential property].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Utilities Code 39.9165 (Utilities Code 39)