Tex. Utilities Code § 35.005
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§ 35.005. AUTHORITY TO ORDER TRANSMISSION SERVICE.
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(a) The commission may require an electric utility to provide transmission service at wholesale to another electric utility, a qualifying facility, an exempt wholesale generator, or a power marketer and may determine whether terms for the transmission service are reasonable.
(b) The commission may require transmission service at wholesale, including the construction or enlargement of a facility.
(c) The commission may not issue a decision or rule relating to transmission service that is contrary to an applicable decision, rule, or policy statement of a federal regulatory agency having jurisdiction.
(d) This subsection applies only to a facility in the ERCOT power region for which a loan or grant is provided under Subchapter A, Chapter 34. The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall work with electric utilities to ensure that each facility in the ERCOT power region for which a loan or grant is provided is fully interconnected in the region not later than the date the facility is ready for commercial operation. The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall give priority to interconnecting each facility for which a loan or grant is provided except that the organization shall prioritize transmission projects that the organization has formally designated as critical for reliability over a facility for which a loan or grant is provided. An electric utility that enters into an interconnection agreement for a facility for which a loan or grant is provided shall give priority to interconnecting the facility and complete construction of any other facilities necessary to interconnect the facility not later than the date the facility is ready for commercial operation except that the utility shall prioritize transmission projects that the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region has formally designated as critical for reliability over a facility for which a loan or grant is provided.
(e) If the commission receives an application under Chapter 37 for a certificate of convenience and necessity related to facilities necessary to interconnect a facility to which Subsection (d) applies and does not approve the application before the 90th day after the date the commission received the application, the deadline established by Subsection (d) is extended one day for each day after the 90th day in which the commission does not approve the application.
(f) The commission may extend the deadline established by Subsection (d) after notice, hearing, and a determination on a showing of good cause that fully interconnecting the facility before the deadline is not feasible.
(g) In this subsection, "Texas backup power package" has the meaning assigned by Section 34.0201. The commission by rule shall adopt procedures to expedite an electric utility interconnection request for a Texas backup power package for which a loan or grant is awarded under Chapter 34.
(b) The commission may require transmission service at wholesale, including the construction or enlargement of a facility.
(c) The commission may not issue a decision or rule relating to transmission service that is contrary to an applicable decision, rule, or policy statement of a federal regulatory agency having jurisdiction.
(d) This subsection applies only to a facility in the ERCOT power region for which a loan or grant is provided under Subchapter A, Chapter 34. The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall work with electric utilities to ensure that each facility in the ERCOT power region for which a loan or grant is provided is fully interconnected in the region not later than the date the facility is ready for commercial operation. The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall give priority to interconnecting each facility for which a loan or grant is provided except that the organization shall prioritize transmission projects that the organization has formally designated as critical for reliability over a facility for which a loan or grant is provided. An electric utility that enters into an interconnection agreement for a facility for which a loan or grant is provided shall give priority to interconnecting the facility and complete construction of any other facilities necessary to interconnect the facility not later than the date the facility is ready for commercial operation except that the utility shall prioritize transmission projects that the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region has formally designated as critical for reliability over a facility for which a loan or grant is provided.
(e) If the commission receives an application under Chapter 37 for a certificate of convenience and necessity related to facilities necessary to interconnect a facility to which Subsection (d) applies and does not approve the application before the 90th day after the date the commission received the application, the deadline established by Subsection (d) is extended one day for each day after the 90th day in which the commission does not approve the application.
(f) The commission may extend the deadline established by Subsection (d) after notice, hearing, and a determination on a showing of good cause that fully interconnecting the facility before the deadline is not feasible.
(g) In this subsection, "Texas backup power package" has the meaning assigned by Section 34.0201. The commission by rule shall adopt procedures to expedite an electric utility interconnection request for a Texas backup power package for which a loan or grant is awarded under Chapter 34.
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