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TX SB1308
Bill
Status
2/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Molly Cook
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AI Summary
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Requires the Public Utility Commission to adopt rules mandating that electric cooperatives, municipally owned utilities, and transmission and distribution utilities in the ERCOT power region develop communication plans for weather emergencies
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Communication plans must include operation of a priority telephone hotline for specific customer categories to report outages and request service restoration time estimates
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Priority hotline access is limited to critical care residential customers, critical load industrial customers, facilities listed in Section 38.072(b), and customers designated as critical load under commission rules
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Plans must describe methods the utility will use to inform eligible customers about the priority telephone hotline
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Takes effect September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the development by certain entities providing electric service in the ERCOT power region of a communication plan for use during a weather emergency.
Disaster Preparedness & Relief
Last Action
Referred to Business & Commerce
2/28/2025