HB 2152 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to a reliability plan for electric transmission service in the Permian Basin.

HB 2152 requires Texas' Public Utility Commission to direct the independent organization managing ERCOT's power region to develop and update a reliability plan specifically for the Permian Basin electric transmission system every five years. This plan aims to ensure stable electricity supply in the Permian Basin, a major oil and gas production area. The bill amends existing law to mandate this targeted planning process, replacing a previous requirement (repealed in Section 2). It directly affects the Commission, the ERCOT-independent organization, and electric service providers operating in the Permian Basin region. The law takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 14, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 1 edit · Apr 29, 2025

MINOR

The bill text has been reformatted from an introduced version to an engrossed version with minor formatting adjustments and spacing changes. The substantive legislative content regarding the reliability plan for electric transmission service in the Permian Basin remains unchanged. No policy changes, funding adjustments, or timeline modifications were made to the actual bill provisions.

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Formatting and spacing adjustments were made to the bill text during the transition from introduced to engrossed version, including reorganization of header information and line breaks in the body text.

Floor votes · House Apr 29, 2025

How they voted

144–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 146

Apr 29, 2025

D Democratic59

58 Yea 1

98% Yea

R Republican87

86 Yea 1

98% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 30, 2025

Committee

Referred to Business & Commerce

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to State Affairs

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

3 primary · 1 co-sponsor