---
title: Utilities--Electric - Texas Legislation
subject: Utilities--Electric
total_bills: 33
unique_authors: 18
critical_bills: 13
high_cost_bills: 12
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/utilities-electric"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Utilities--Electric

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 33
- **Unique Authors:** 18
- **Critical Compliance:** 13 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 12 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 22

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 17 bills
- **Senate:** 16 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 13 bills
- **Moderate:** 17 bills
- **Low:** 1 bills
- **Unanalyzed:** 2 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Ken King** (R, House) - 6 bills
- **Phil King** (R, House) - 4 bills
- **Charles Schwertner** (R, Senate) - 4 bills
- **Drew Darby** (R, House) - 2 bills
- **Bob Hall** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Charles Creighton** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Judith Zaffirini** (D, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Donna Campbell** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Utilities](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/utilities) (33 shared bills)
- [PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/public-utility-commission) (22 shared bills)
- [Energy](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/energy) (12 shared bills)
- [Disaster Preparedness & Relief](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/disaster-preparedness-relief) (7 shared bills)
- [City Government](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/city-government) (7 shared bills)
- [City Government--Utilities](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/city-government-utilities) (6 shared bills)
- [Utilities--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/utilities-general) (6 shared bills)
- [ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/electric-reliability-council-of-texas) (5 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Public Utility Commission of Texas](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/public-utility-commission) - 23 bills
- [Texas Division of Emergency Management](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-division-of-emergency-management) - 4 bills
- [Railroad Commission of Texas](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/railroad-commission) - 3 bills
- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 2 bills
- [Texas A&M Forest Service](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-a-m-forest-service) - 1 bills
- [Texas Civil Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-civil-courts) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB144](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb144-89th-regular) | Relating to plans for the management and i... | Critical | High |
| [HB145](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb145-89th-regular) | Relating to risk mitigation planning and a... | Critical | High |
| [HB3228](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3228-89th-regular) | Relating to the inclusion of certain provi... | Critical | High |
| [HB3680](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3680-89th-regular) | Relating to subdivision plat requirements ... | Critical | High |
| [HB3809](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3809-89th-regular) | Relating to the removal of battery energy ... | Critical | High |
| [SB1789](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1789-89th-regular) | Relating to electric service quality and r... | Critical | High |
| [SB1856](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1856-89th-regular) | Relating to a capacity cost recovery rider... | Critical | High |
| [SB2368](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2368-89th-regular) | Relating to critical infrastructure and ut... | Critical | High |
| [SB6](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb6-89th-regular) | Relating to the planning for, interconnect... | Critical | High |
| [HB143](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb143-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of the Railroad ... | Critical | Medium |
| [HB1584](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1584-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation of a list of prio... | Critical | Low |
| [HB2663](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2663-89th-regular) | Relating to the affirmation required to be... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB1036](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1036-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of residential ... | Critical | Medium |
| [HB4668](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4668-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of the Public Ut... | Moderate | High |
| [HB5247](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5247-89th-regular) | Relating to an alternative capital recover... | Unanalyzed | High |
| [SB1963](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1963-89th-regular) | Relating to a financing mechanism allowing... | Moderate | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB14](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb14-89th-regular) | Relating to support for the developme... | Cody Harris (R) | Moderate |
| [HB143](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb143-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of the Rail... | Ken King (R) | Critical |
| [HB144](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb144-89th-regular) | Relating to plans for the management ... | Ken King (R) | Critical |
| [HB145](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb145-89th-regular) | Relating to risk mitigation planning ... | Ken King (R) | Critical |
| [HB1584](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1584-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation of a list of... | Lacey Hull (R) | Critical |
| [HB1606](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1606-89th-regular) | Relating to notice provided to a reta... | William Metcalf (R) | Moderate |
| [HB2663](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2663-89th-regular) | Relating to the affirmation required ... | Drew Darby (R) | Critical |
| [HB3092](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3092-89th-regular) | Relating to a certificate of public c... | Stan Gerdes (R) | Moderate |
| [HB3228](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3228-89th-regular) | Relating to the inclusion of certain ... | Stan Lambert (R) | Critical |
| [HB3680](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3680-89th-regular) | Relating to subdivision plat requirem... | Erin Gamez (D) | Critical |
| [HB3809](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3809-89th-regular) | Relating to the removal of battery en... | Drew Darby (R) | Critical |
| [HB3824](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3824-89th-regular) | Relating to fire safety standards and... | Ken King (R) | Moderate |
| [HB4668](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4668-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of the Publ... | Ken King (R) | Moderate |
| [HB5247](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5247-89th-regular) | Relating to an alternative capital re... | Charlie Geren (R) | - |
| [HB5323](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5323-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation of the Texas... | Ken King (R) | Low |
| [HB912](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb912-89th-regular) | Relating to the compensation of a dis... | Joseph Moody (D) | Moderate |
| [SB1036](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1036-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of residen... | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Critical |
| [SB1202](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1202-89th-regular) | Relating to third-party review of pro... | Phil King (R) | - |
| [SB1252](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1252-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of a munici... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1664](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1664-89th-regular) | Relating to public information regard... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1697](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1697-89th-regular) | Relating to a customer guide to home ... | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Moderate |
| [SB1789](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1789-89th-regular) | Relating to electric service quality ... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Critical |
| [SB1856](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1856-89th-regular) | Relating to a capacity cost recovery ... | Charles Creighton (R) | Critical |
| [SB1963](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1963-89th-regular) | Relating to a financing mechanism all... | Charles Creighton (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2148](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2148-89th-regular) | Relating to the reliability of the el... | Bob Hall (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2268](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2268-89th-regular) | Relating to loans and grants awarded ... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB231](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb231-89th-regular) | Relating to temporary emergency elect... | Phil King (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2321](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2321-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of emissio... | Phil King (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2368](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2368-89th-regular) | Relating to critical infrastructure a... | Donna Campbell (R) | Critical |
| [SB34](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb34-89th-regular) | Relating to funding for certain volun... | Kevin Sparks (R) | Moderate |
| [SB6](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb6-89th-regular) | Relating to the planning for, interco... | Phil King (R) | Critical |
| [SB75](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb75-89th-regular) | Relating to the resilience of the ele... | Bob Hall (R) | Moderate |
| [SB783](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb783-89th-regular) | Relating to certain regulations adopt... | Jose Menendez (D) | Moderate |

## Source Links

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