Sec. 418.303. MEMBERSHIP. (a) The council is composed of:
(1) the chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas;
(2) the presiding officer of the Public Utility Commission of Texas;
(3) the chief executive of the Office of Public Utility Counsel;
(4) the presiding officer of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
(5) the chair of the Texas Transportation Commission;
(6) a person to represent the independent organization certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region, appointed by the governor;
(7) the chief;
(8) five persons to represent participants in the natural gas supply chain in this state, appointed by the Railroad Commission of Texas to represent as many types of participants as possible;
(9) five persons to represent the electric industry, appointed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, including:
(A) one person to represent entities that provide dispatchable electric energy to the power grid in this state;
(B) one person to represent transmission and distribution utilities, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;
(C) one person to represent retail electric providers, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;
(D) one person to represent municipally owned utilities, as defined by Section 11.003, Utilities Code; and
(E) one person to represent electric cooperatives;
(10) three persons to represent energy sectors not otherwise represented on the council, appointed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas; and
(11) five persons to represent industrial concerns, appointed by the governor, including:
(A) one person to represent motor fuel producers; and
(B) one person to represent chemical manufacturers.
(b) A member of the council described by Subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) may designate a person from the member's agency to represent the member in any meeting.
(c) The council may request that a person collaborate with the council to achieve the purposes described by Section 418.302.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 3, eff. June 8, 2021.
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