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89(R) SB 383 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
By: Middleton, et al.
S.B. No. 383
(Phelan)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the interconnection to the ERCOT power grid of certain
coastal facilities for the provision of electric service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.9155 to read as follows:
Sec.
39.9155.
INTERCONNECTION OF COASTAL WIND POWER
FACILITY. (a) In this section, "wind power facility" includes:
(1) a wind turbine generator; and
(2)
a facility or equipment used to support the
operation of a wind turbine generator, including an electrical
transmission or communications line, an electric transformer, a
battery storage facility, an energy storage facility, or
telecommunications equipment.
(b)
A person or entity may not interconnect to the ERCOT
power grid:
(1)
a wind power facility located in the area in the
Gulf of America seaward of the coast that is within three marine
leagues of the coast, as set under Section 11.0111, Natural
Resources Code; or
(2)
a transmission or distribution facility that
directly interconnects to a wind power facility located in the area
in the Gulf of America seaward of the coast that is within three
marine leagues of the coast, as set under Section 11.0111, Natural
Resources Code.
SECTION 2. Section 39.9155, Utilities Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a wind power facility or transmission or
distribution facility a person or entity seeks to interconnect to
the ERCOT power grid on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.