88R13827 ANG-D     By: Vasut H.B. No. 4284       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of the On-Site Load Mitigation Grant   Program to mitigate the demand for energy on the electric grid.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 2, Utilities Code, is amended   by adding Chapter 34 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 34.  ON-SITE LOAD MITIGATION PROGRAM          Sec. 34.0101.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "grant program"   means the On-Site Load Mitigation Program.          Sec. 34.0102.  ON-SITE LOAD MITIGATION PROGRAM.  (a)  From   funds appropriated for the purpose, the commission shall establish   a grant program to provide grants that mitigate the demand for   energy on the electric grid by supporting the use of advanced   nuclear reactors and cogeneration facilities by facilities that   require large-scale loads of electricity.          (b)  The commission by rule shall establish eligibility   criteria for projects to receive a grant under this section,   including requiring that a project must:                (1)  reduce load on the electric grid; or                (2)  prevent additional load from being demanded from   the electric grid.          Sec. 34.0103.  RULEMAKING. The commission by rule shall   implement and administer the grant program.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.