Sec. 39.9055. EXAMINATION OF DEMAND RESPONSE POTENTIAL OF SEAWATER DESALINATION PROJECTS. The commission and the ERCOT independent system operator shall study the potential for seawater desalination projects to participate in existing demand response opportunities in the ERCOT market. To the extent feasible, the study shall determine whether the operational characteristics of seawater desalination projects enable projects of that kind to participate in ERCOT-operated ancillary services markets or other competitively supplied demand response opportunities. The study shall also determine the potential economic benefit to a seawater desalination project if the project is able to reduce its demand during peak pricing periods. The commission shall include the results of the study in the report required by Section 31.003.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 829 (H.B. 4097), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act
Subtitle B - Electric Utilities
Chapter 39 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry
Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 39.9016. Nuclear Safety Fee
Section 39.902. Customer Education
Section 39.9025. Home Electric Energy Reports
Section 39.903. System Benefit Fund
Section 39.904. Goal for Renewable Energy
Section 39.9044. Goal for Natural Gas
Section 39.9048. Natural Gas Fuel
Section 39.905. Goal for Energy Efficiency
Section 39.9051. Energy Efficiency for Municipally Owned Utilities
Section 39.9052. Energy Efficiency for Electric Cooperatives
Section 39.9054. Energy Efficiency Plans and Reports; Public Information
Section 39.9055. Examination of Demand Response Potential of Seawater Desalination Projects
Section 39.906. Displaced Workers
Section 39.908. Effect of Sunset Provision
Section 39.909. Plan and Report of Workforce Diversity and Other Business Practices
Section 39.910. Incentive Program and Goal for Energy Efficiency for Military Bases
Section 39.911. Alternative Funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Systems
Section 39.912. Report on Combined Heating and Power Technology
Section 39.913. Combining Certain Reports
Section 39.914. Credit for Surplus Solar Generation by Public Schools
Section 39.915. Consideration and Approval of Certain Transactions
Section 39.916. Interconnection of Distributed Renewable Generation
Section 39.9165. Distributed Generation Reporting
Section 39.917. Texas Electric Grid Security Council
Section 39.918. Utility Facilities for Power Restoration After Widespread Power Outage