tx-May222026-79: 16 TAC §25.368 (New) — Substantive Rules Applicable to Electric Service Providers
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The Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) adopts new 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §25.513, relating to the Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) - Texas Backup Power Package Program. The commission adopts this rule with changes to the proposed rule as published in the January 2, 2026 issue of the Texas Register (51 TexReg 13). The rule will be republished. New §25.513 implements Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §§34.0204, 34.0205, and 35.005(g), enacted as part of Senate Bill (SB) 2627 during the 88th Texas Legislature (R.S.). The new rule will establish procedures for applying for a grant or loan for design, procurement, installation, and operation of Texas Backup Power Packages (TBPPs), terms for an applicant to request a grant or loan, as well as conditions under which a TBPP loan may be forgiven. The adopted rule excludes TBPPs that source power from electric school bus batteries (ESBs) because this category of TBPP assets was expressly excluded from consideration in the notice related to the proposed rule. Excluding ESBs at the adoption stage is therefore consistent with that prior notice. Accordingly, the commission defers consideration of this provision to a future...
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