Senate Notice of Public Hearing, REVISION — Business & Commerce (March 28, 2023)

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This Senate notice of public hearing, marked REVISION, is for the Business & Commerce committee at 8:30 AM on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in E1.012 (Hearing Room), with Senator Charles Schwertner as chair. The committee will meet to consider bills on the electric grid. SB 330 concerns the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities, and SB 624 concerns permitting of renewable energy generation facilities by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. SB 1751 concerns the regulation and tax treatment of ERCOT power region facilities that demand a large load of interruptible power. SJR 82 proposes a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas power resiliency fund.

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                              ** REVISION **
                                     SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE:     Business & Commerce
TIME & DATE:   8:30 AM, Tuesday, March 28, 2023
PLACE:         E1.012 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:         Senator Charles Schwertner



The Committee will meet to consider the following:

SB 330         Hall | et al.
Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain
municipalities; authorizing an administrative penalty.

SB 624         Kolkhorst | et al.
Relating to the permitting of renewable energy generation facilities by
the Public Utility Commission of Texas; authorizing fees.

SB 1076        King
Relating to the deadline for approving a certificate of public convenience
and necessity for certain transmission projects.

SB 1093        Schwertner
Relating to facilities included in the electricity supply chain.

SB 1212        Johnson
Relating to the interconnection and integration of distributed energy
resources.

SB 1295        Schwertner
Relating to the provision of information regarding distributed generation
and certain electrical loads.

SB 1699        Johnson
Relating to the participation of aggregated distributed energy resources
in the ERCOT market.

SB 1751        Kolkhorst | et al.
Relating to the regulation and tax treatment of facilities in the ERCOT
power region that demand a large load of interruptible power.




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SB 1929        Johnson
Relating to the authority of an independent organization certified for the
ERCOT power region to require information from and registration by certain
facilities.

SB 2112        Johnson
Relating to resources used to ensure the continuous provision of power.

SJR 82         Johnson
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the
Texas power resiliency fund to finance the operation of backup power
sources.

Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written
testimony, please provide 25 copies to the assistant committee clerk, with
your name and the bill number on each copy.

Bills added after last posting:
SJR 82

  ** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **


NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WHO PLAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AND WHO MAY
NEED ASSISTANCE, SUCH AS A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER OR PERSONAL
ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES, ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE SENATE
COMMITTEE COORDINATOR AT 512/463-0070, 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING SO
APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.




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