HB 3069
AN ACT relating to the approval of a certificate of convenience and
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
Modifies how transmission projects in the ERCOT power region are approved by requiring the Public Utility Commission to establish new criteria for evaluating transmission projects not tied to reliability standards. The criteria must include a comprehensive 10-year cost comparison that analyzes estimated project costs against potential congestion cost savings, using a specific three percent discount rate for long-term savings calculations. The new rules will apply to transmission project certificate applications filed on or after September 1, 2025, potentially impacting electricity infrastructure development and consumer costs.
Bill Text
relating to the approval of a certificate of convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 37.056(d), Utilities Code, is amended to (d) The commission by rule shall establish criteria, in addition to the criteria described by Subsection (c), for granting a certificate for a transmission project that serves the ERCOT power region and that is not necessary to meet state or federal reliability standards. The criteria must include a comparison over a period of not less than 10 years of the estimated cost of the transmission project for consumers and the estimated congestion cost savings for consumers that may result from the transmission project, considering both current and future expected congestion levels and the transmission project's ability to reduce those congestion levels. The criteria must apply a three percent discount rate to the quantified value of the congestion cost savings after the fifth year of the comparison period. The commission shall include with its decision on an application for a certificate to which this subsection applies findings on the SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and necessity that commences on or after the effective date of this Act. A proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and necessity that commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding is commenced, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the approval of a certificate of convenience and
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