HB1584 - Relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by electric utilities.

      H.B. No. 1584         AN ACT   relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by   electric utilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is   amended by adding Section 38.0725 to read as follows:           Sec.   38.0725.     LIST OF PRIORITY FACILITIES. (a)   In this   section, "priority facility" means:                 (1)  a facility listed in Section 38.072(b); or                   (2)     a facility for which electric service is   considered crucial for the protection or maintenance of public   safety, including:                       (A)  a hospital;                       (B)  a police station;                       (C)  a fire station;                       (D)  a critical water or wastewater facility; and                       (E)     a confinement facility operated by or under a   contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal   Justice.           (b)     An electric utility shall maintain a list of priority   facilities in the utility's retail service area that includes the   following information:                 (1)  the name of each priority facility;                 (2)  the type of each priority facility; and                 (3)  the address of each priority facility.           (c)     An electric utility shall provide on the utility's   Internet website a mechanism for a facility to request that the   utility add the facility to the priority facility list.   The   electric utility shall add the requested facility to the list only   if the facility is a priority facility.           (d)     On request from a facility, an electric utility shall   disclose to the facility not later than the 14th day after the date   the utility receives the request whether the facility is on the   priority facility list.           (e)     Notwithstanding any other law, on a declaration of a   natural disaster or other emergency by the governor affecting the   service area of the electric utility, the utility shall provide the   list of priority facilities to the Texas Division of Emergency   Management.           (f)     A priority facility list submitted to the Texas Division   of Emergency Management under this section is confidential and not   subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.   The   commission may establish additional processes for protecting   consumer information under this section as the commission   determines necessary.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1584 was passed by the House on April   30, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 1584 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 1,   1 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 1584 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 21, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays   1.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor