SB383 - Relating to the interconnection to the ERCOT power grid of certain coastal facilities for the provision of electric service.

      By: Middleton, et al. S.B. No. 383     (Phelan)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the interconnection to the ERCOT power grid of certain   coastal facilities for the provision of electric service.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is   amended by adding Section 39.9155 to read as follows:           Sec.   39.9155.     INTERCONNECTION OF COASTAL WIND POWER   FACILITY. (a) In this section, "wind power facility" includes:                 (1)  a wind turbine generator; and                 (2)     a facility or equipment used to support the   operation of a wind turbine generator, including an electrical   transmission or communications line, an electric transformer, a   battery storage facility, an energy storage facility, or   telecommunications equipment.           (b)     A person or entity may not interconnect to the ERCOT   power grid:                 (1)     a wind power facility located in the area in the   Gulf of America seaward of the coast that is within three marine   leagues of the coast, as set under Section 11.0111, Natural   Resources Code; or                 (2)     a transmission or distribution facility that   directly interconnects to a wind power facility located in the area   in the Gulf of America seaward of the coast that is within three   marine leagues of the coast, as set under Section 11.0111, Natural   Resources Code.          SECTION 2.  Section 39.9155, Utilities Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a wind power facility or transmission or   distribution facility a person or entity seeks to interconnect to   the ERCOT power grid on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.