SB1692 - Relating to a limitation on wind and solar installed generation capacity in the ERCOT power region.

  89R10526 ANG-D     By: Hall, Sparks S.B. No. 1692       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a limitation on wind and solar installed generation   capacity in the ERCOT power region.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 39.1592(a), Utilities Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  This section applies only to an electric generation   facility in the ERCOT power region for which a standard generator   interconnection agreement is signed on or after September 1, 2025   [ January 1, 2027, that has been in operation for at least one year ],   and that is not a self-generator.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is   amended by adding Section 39.1596 to read as follows:           Sec.   39.1596.     LIMITATION ON WIND AND SOLAR GENERATION   CAPACITY. (a)   This section applies only to an electric generation   facility that:                 (1)     exclusively relies on an energy source derived   from wind or the sun; and                 (2)     is subject to a standard generator interconnection   agreement.             (b)     Not later than January 1, 2029, the commission shall   determine whether the installed generation capacity from the   electric generation facilities described by Subsection (a) is   contributing more than 35 percent of the available generation   capacity for the ERCOT power region at any time.           (c)     If the commission determines the installed generation   capacity described by Subsection (b) contributes more than 35   percent of the available generation capacity for the ERCOT power   region at any time, the commission shall by rule establish a program   to require disconnection from the power grid of electric generation   facilities as provided by this subsection.   The program must:                 (1)     require the disconnection from the power grid of   only facilities for which a standard generator interconnection   agreement was signed before September 1, 2025; and                   (2)     establish a goal of reducing the installed   generation capacity from facilities for which a standard generator   interconnection agreement was signed before September 1, 2025, so   that the installed capacity from all electric generation facilities   exclusively relying on an energy source derived from wind or the sun   contributes 35 percent or less of the available generation capacity   for the ERCOT power region at any time.             (d)     After completion of the program required under   Subsection (c), the commission may allow the installation of new   generation capacity from an electric generation facility described   by Subsection (a), regardless of the goal described by Subsection   (c)(2), if the facility complies with Section 39.1592.            SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.