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Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act
Subtitle B - Electric Utilities
Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry
Subchapter D. Market Structure
Section 39.165. Grid Reliability Assessment
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TX Util § 39.165 (2025)
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Sec. 39.165. GRID RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT. (a) The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall conduct a biennial assessment of the ERCOT power grid to assess the grid's reliability in extreme weather scenarios.
(b) Each assessment must:
(1) consider the impact of different levels of thermal and renewable generation availability; and
(2) recommend transmission projects that may increase the grid's reliability in extreme weather scenarios.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 1281), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.
Redesignated from Utilities Code, Section 39.159 by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595), Sec. 22.003(e), eff. September 1, 2023.
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