HB574 - Relating to the use of adaptive model data analytics software by the independent organization certified to manage the ERCOT power region.

  89R3793 CS-D     By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 574       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of adaptive model data analytics software by the   independent organization certified to manage the ERCOT power   region.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 39.151, Utilities Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (g-9) to read as follows:           (g-9)     To maintain certification as an independent   organization under this section, an organization must use adaptive   model data analytics software in forecasting power generation   system availability.          SECTION 2.  (a)  An independent organization certified under   Section 39.151, Utilities Code, by the Public Utility Commission of   Texas before September 1, 2025, shall begin to use adaptive model   data analytics software to comply with Section 39.151, Utilities   Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as practicable, but not later   than September 1, 2026.          (b)  After September 1, 2026, the Public Utility Commission   of Texas may decertify an independent organization that does not   use adaptive model data analytics software to comply with Section   39.151, Utilities Code, as amended by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.