The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, market participants and regulators would face big changes under bills advanced by the Texas Legislature March 29-30, including power and gas weatherization requirements, a new "emergency pricing program" and ancillary service charges for wind and solar facilities. On March 30, the state House of Representatives passed by wide margins the following house bills: 1.10: Restructures the ERCOT board so that the unaffiliated member positions are eliminated, replaced by appointees of the governor (three), the lieutenant governor (one) and the speaker of the House (one), all of whom must be Texas residents and unpaid, except for expenses. 2.11: Requires the Public Utility Commission of Texas to require each generator to prepare to provide sufficient power in an extreme weather emergency, hot or cold.
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