HB 1343
Partial
What does Texas HB 1343 do? Proposes requiring a utility commission permit before installing wholesale battery storage in the ERCOT region, with fire-spread spacing and residential access siting rules. Applicants would identify and notify the likely first responder.
Facts
- Kind
- Bill
- Status
- Did not pass
- Stage
- Did not pass
- Topics
- Fire protection and siting, Permitting
- Products
- Source
- Texas Legislature Online (opens in a new tab)
- Citation
- HB 1343, 89th Leg., R.S. (2025); proposed Tex. Util. Code 35.154
The state’s codes
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