Tex. Utilities Code § 39.166
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 39.166, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 39.166. RELIABILITY PLAN FOR REGIONS WITH RAPID ELECTRICAL LOAD GROWTH.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall direct the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region to:
(1) identify each region in which transmission capacity is insufficient to meet the region's existing and forecasted electrical load, as reasonably determined by the certificated transmission service provider; and
(2) develop a reliability plan to serve existing and forecasted electrical load in the identified region.
(b) The commission shall develop a plan to implement each reliability plan adopted under Subsection (a) to ensure timely development and approval of necessary transmission service improvements.
(1) identify each region in which transmission capacity is insufficient to meet the region's existing and forecasted electrical load, as reasonably determined by the certificated transmission service provider; and
(2) develop a reliability plan to serve existing and forecasted electrical load in the identified region.
(b) The commission shall develop a plan to implement each reliability plan adopted under Subsection (a) to ensure timely development and approval of necessary transmission service improvements.
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