A Short Update on Texas Senate Bills
A May 2023 snapshot of bills affecting ERCOT reliability, infrastructure, and market design.
Reliability and Cost Allocation
Market Oversight and Consumer Protections
Markets
Outcomes
This DECH legislative update reviewed several Texas Senate bills as they progressed through the House during April and May 2023.
The measures ranged from firming and ancillary-service proposals to generation interconnection limits and wholesale-market oversight.
Reliability and Cost Allocation
SB7 proposed a dispatchable generation ancillary service and resource-firming methodology, while SB2015 contemplated a dispatchable resource target.
SB1287 addressed cost limits for interconnection improvements.
Market Oversight and Consumer Protections
SB2010 considered reporting of potential market manipulation. SB2011 addressed voluntary mitigation plans, and SB2012 proposed guardrails for the Performance Credit Mechanism.
SB2013 addressed grid security, while SB2014 proposed changes to Renewable Energy Credit treatment.
Legislative status was reported as of May 2023 and should not be treated as present-day status.
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