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The Texas House of Representatives and Senate are considering
three similar, but not identical, legislative drafts that could
impose substantial grid charges directly on renewable generation
businesses.
House Bill 4466,
which is scheduled for hearing on April 8, would require the Public
Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to require the Electric
Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's internal
market operator, to directly assign to the renewable projects
themselves the costs of ancillary services that ERCOT incurs
(including standby backup, and reactive power) to address renewable