89R16094 CS-D     By: Lalani H.B. No. 4887       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of loans and grants from the Texas energy   fund for certain electric generating facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 34, Utilities Code, is   amended by adding Section 34.01015 to read as follows:          Sec. 34.01015.  APPLICABILITY. For the purposes of this   chapter:                (1)  an electric generating facility is considered to   be dispatchable if the facility's output can be controlled   primarily by forces under human control; and                (2)  an electric generating facility that uses   petroleum, natural gas, coal, geothermal energy, hydroelectric   energy, or nuclear energy as the primary energy source is   considered to be dispatchable.          SECTION 2.  Section 34.0104(a), Utilities Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The commission may use money in the fund without further   appropriation to provide loans to finance upgrades to existing   dispatchable electric generating facilities providing power for   the ERCOT power region that result in a net increase of at least 100   megawatts of capacity for each facility or the construction of   dispatchable electric generating facilities providing power for   the ERCOT power region that each have a generation capacity of at   least 100 megawatts.  [For the purposes of this section, a   generating facility is considered to be dispatchable if the   facility's output can be controlled primarily by forces under human   control.]  An electric energy storage facility is not eligible for   a loan under this section.          SECTION 3.  Section 34.0105(a), Utilities Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The commission shall provide, using money available in   the fund for the purpose without further appropriation, a   completion bonus grant for the construction of dispatchable   electric generating facilities in the ERCOT power region.  [For the   purposes of this section, a generating facility is considered to be   dispatchable if the facility's output can be controlled primarily   by forces under human control.]  An electric energy storage   facility is not eligible for a grant under this section.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.