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Senate concurs with House to create grid-security commission, require biannual tabletop exercises with PUC and ERCOT
Summary
The Senate on May 26 agreed to House amendments to a bill establishing a state commission focused on grid resilience and added requirements for tabletop exercises with the Public Utility Commission and ERCOT to prepare for physical attacks on critical energy infrastructure.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Monday concurred in House amendments to a bill creating a state commission to bolster electric-grid resilience and required regular tabletop exercises among regulators and industry to prepare for physical threats to critical infrastructure.
On the Senate floor, Senator Hall — the bill’s floor sponsor — said the measure (Senate Bill 75) and an amendment incorporating language from Senate Bill 2,148 direct the Public Utility Commission and ERCOT to “conduct a tabletop exercise twice a year with electric generation, transmission and…
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