Utilities Code limits how the PUCT may direct ERCOT, and bars verbal directives
Texas law restricts the channels through which the Public Utility Commission may order ERCOT to act. A verbal directive is prohibited outright. An official action may be directed only by contested case, by rulemaking or by a written order or memorandum adopted on a majority vote. The ERCOT board selection committee picks ERCOT's directors and designates its chair. The governor does not.
How to take part
A directive to ERCOT must run through a contested case, a rulemaking or a majority vote taken in a meeting. Each of those routes carries its own way in for the public. PUCT open meetings are listed on the agency calendar feed and are open to the public in Commissioners Hearing Room 7-100.
Where
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Dates
| Date | What | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-08 | effective | SB 2 (87R) added the board selection committee |
The evidence
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(a) The commission may not use a verbal directive to direct an independent organization certified under Section 39.151 to take an official action. The commission may direct the organization to take an official action only through: (1) a contested case; (2) rulemaking; or (3) a memorandum or written order adopted by a majority vote.Texas Utilities Code Sec. 39.1514, Commission Directives to Independent Organization Primary source, official
(a) The ERCOT board selection committee is composed of: (1) one member appointed by the governor; (2) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor; and (3) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.Texas Utilities Code Sec. 39.1513, ERCOT Board Selection Committee Primary source, official
(d) The committee shall select members eligible under Section 39.151 to serve on the governing body of an independent organization certified under that section for the ERCOT power region and shall designate the chair and vice chair of the governing body from those members.Texas Utilities Code Sec. 39.1513, ERCOT Board Selection Committee Primary source, official