SB619
Electric utilities; certificate of operation for high-load facilities.
Status:
Killed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
House: Left in Labor and Commerce
Chief Patron:
Kannan Srinivasan (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Electric utilities; certificate of operation for high-load facilities.
Prohibits any person from operating a high-load facility, defined in the bill as a facility whose electricity demand exceeds 90 megawatts that was not operating before January 1, 2027, without first having obtained a certificate of operation from the State Corporation Commission. The bill includes factors for the Commission to ... (More) consider in reviewing a petition to operate a high-load facility. The bill establishes a presumption that a high-load facility shall be considered to have met certain requirements if the high-load facility has secured sufficient contracts for energy storage resources or zero-carbon electric generating resources or that the high-load facility has a plan to implement sufficient demand reduction measures. The bill also requires the Commission to consider certain factors in a review of a petition for a certificate to operate a high-load facility, including whether there is sufficient energy, capacity, and grid infrastructure to support the operation of the high-load facility and whether the operation of the high-load facility would create an unreasonable cross-subsidy across customers served by the incumbent electric utility. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103512D
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB619)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB619)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Commerce and Labor Amendments agreed to
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/20/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/20/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB619)
- 02/24/2026 - House: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 03/02/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 03/03/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 03/03/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Left in Labor and Commerce
