On November 7th Texas voters have 14 propositions before them, including Proposition 7 which is the constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas Energy Fund to support the construction, maintenance, modernization, and operation of electric generating facilities.
Included in this funding, as set forth in SJR 93, is a little nugget related to the funding of “backup power packages”. These systems are required to have immediate islanding capability, a minimum continuous runtime of 48 hours and must be no larger than 2.5 megawatts – providing power only to the host facility. No sale of energy or ancillary services are permitted from these generators.
Loans and grants for these systems will be made available under the Texas energy fund, if approved by voters.
The legislation also requires that the #puctexas maintain a list of approved vendors eligible to assist with the sale, installation, operation, and ongoing maintenance of Texas backup power packages.
Distributed Energy Clearinghouse currently evaluates distributed energy vendors, including EPC firms and project developers. When the Texas PUC publishes its’ list, it will be interesting to compare it to our own unbiased analysis of vendors and their qualifications.
