By: Schwertner  S.B. No. 1093          (In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2023; March 9, 2023,   read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;   April 6, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 6, 2023,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1093 By:  Nichols     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to facilities included in the electricity supply chain.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 37.157, Utilities Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 37.157.  MAPS. (a) An electric utility shall file with   the commission one or more maps that show each utility facility and   that separately illustrate each utility facility for the   generation, transmission, or distribution of the utility's   services on a date the commission orders.          (b)  Each electric utility, transmission and distribution   utility, electric cooperative, and municipally owned utility shall   provide the utility's service area boundary map, using good faith   efforts, in a geographic information system format to the   commission. The service area boundary map may be provided to the   commission in a geodatabase feature class or shapefile.          SECTION 2.  Section 38.201, Utilities Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1)   to read as follows:          (a)  In this subchapter, "electricity supply chain" means:                (1)  facilities and methods used for producing,   treating, processing, pressurizing, storing, or transporting   natural gas for delivery to electric generation facilities; [and]                (2)  critical infrastructure necessary to maintain   electricity service; and                (3)  roads necessary to access facilities in the   electricity supply chain.          (a-1)  A reference in this subchapter to the "electricity   supply chain" includes water and wastewater treatment plants.          (b)  The Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping   Committee is established to:                (1)  map this state's electricity supply chain;                (2)  identify critical infrastructure sources in the   electricity supply chain;                (3)  establish best practices to prepare facilities   [that provide electric service and natural gas service] in the   electricity supply chain to maintain service in an extreme weather   event and recommend oversight and compliance standards for those   facilities; and                (4)  designate priority service needs to prepare for,   respond to, and recover from an extreme weather event.          (c)  The committee is composed of:                (1)  the executive director of the commission;                (2)  the executive director of the Railroad Commission   of Texas;                (3)  the president and the chief executive officer of   the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the   ERCOT power region; [and]                (4)  the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency   Management; and                (5)  the executive director of the Texas Department of   Transportation.          SECTION 3.  Section 38.202(c), Utilities Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  The commission, the Railroad Commission of Texas, [and]   the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and the Texas   Department of Transportation shall provide staff as necessary to   assist the committee in carrying out the committee's duties and   responsibilities.          SECTION 4.  Section 38.203, Utilities Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (f), (g), (h), and   (i) to read as follows:          (a)  The committee shall:                (1)  map the state's electricity supply chain in order   to designate priority electricity service needs during extreme   weather events;                (2)  identify and designate the sources in the   electricity supply chain necessary to operate critical   infrastructure, as defined by Section 421.001, Government Code;                (3)  develop a communication system between critical   infrastructure sources, the commission, and the independent   organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power   region to ensure that electricity and natural gas supplies in the   electricity supply chain are prioritized to those sources during an   extreme weather event; and                (4)  establish best practices to prepare facilities   [that provide electric service and natural gas service] in the   electricity supply chain to maintain service in an extreme weather   event and recommend oversight and compliance standards for those   facilities.          (f)  On request, the committee shall provide view-only   access to the electricity supply chain map to:                (1)  an electric utility, a transmission and   distribution utility, an electric cooperative, or a municipally   owned utility;                (2)  an operator of a gas supply chain facility, as   defined by Section 86.044, Natural Resources Code; or                (3)  an operator of a gas pipeline facility described   by Section 121.2015.          (g)  Access to the electricity supply chain map by an entity   described by Subsection (f)(1) is limited to the critical natural   gas facilities on the map that are located in the requesting   entity's service area.          (h)  The committee may not provide an entity described by   Subsection (f)(1) with access to the electricity supply chain map   unless the entity has complied with Section 37.157.            (i)  Access to the electricity supply chain map by an   operator described by Subsections (f)(2) and (3) is limited to the   critical natural gas facilities operated by the requesting   operator.          SECTION 5.  The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall   require each entity to which Section 37.157(b), Utilities Code, as   added by this Act, applies to comply with that section not later   than September 30, 2023.          SECTION 6.  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, 2023.     * * * * *