HB 3511: Anchía ERCOT Bill Makes The EV Power Program Optional

Caption

relating to the participation of electric vehicles in the ERCOT market.

Summary

Both grants are a “may.” Nothing changes until the commission chooses to act.

The bill lets the Public Utility Commission write rules for plugging electric vehicles into the power grid in the ERCOT region, and set up a program where EV owners can sell stored battery power into the wholesale market through an aggregator. It touches EV owners, power aggregators, load serving entities and the commission. Nothing changes on the ground until the commission chooses to act, because both the standards and the sales program are optional ('may'), and the one firm rule is that any standards it adopts must not conflict with industry safety codes.

Labels

Labels: ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 1 Republican, 4 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on Apr 30, 2025. Died in the Senate: received, never referred to a committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3511 · 2025-02-28

SOLD BY

Rep. Rafael AnchíaDHouse 103

Rep. Todd HunterRHouse 32

Rep. Salman BhojaniDHouse 92

+ 2 more authors, 2 coauthors

ITEM

relating to the participation of electric vehicles in the ERCOT market.

WHAT IT DOES

Both grants are a “may.” Nothing changes until the commission chooses to act.

The bill lets the Public Utility Commission write rules for plugging electric vehicles into the power grid in the ERCOT region, and set up a program where EV owners can sell stored battery power into the wholesale market through an aggregator. It touches EV owners, power aggregators, load serving entities and the commission. Nothing changes on the ground until the commission chooses to act, because both the standards and the sales program are optional ('may'), and the one firm rule is that any standards it adopts must not conflict with industry safety codes.

CHARGES

[x] LIST OF FEELINGSanalysis confidence 40%

THE TEXT

“The commission by rule may establish a program to allow”…

Bill text, House committee report version (H)

Both operative grants are permissive. The commission is allowed, not required, to create standards or an EV sales program, and the only 'shall' applies only if it chooses to write rules. The pitch openly says the bill 'authorizes' the commission, so this is a real but optional grant of authority.

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 14, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Feb 28, 2025Filed
Mar 24, 2025Read first time
Mar 24, 2025Referred to State Affairs
Apr 9, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 9, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 9, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 9, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 9, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 14, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 14, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 14, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
Apr 22, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 22, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 23, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 24, 2025Considered in Calendars
Apr 29, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
Apr 29, 2025Read 2nd time
Apr 29, 2025Amended 1-Anchía
Apr 29, 2025Amendment(s) offered 2-Anchía
Apr 29, 2025Amendment to amendment tabled 3-Isaac
Apr 29, 2025Amended 2-Anchía
Apr 29, 2025Passed to engrossment as amended
Apr 29, 2025Record vote RV#847
Apr 29, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Apr 30, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 30, 2025Passed
Apr 30, 2025Record vote RV#994
Apr 30, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Apr 30, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 30, 2025Received from the House

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 103 yea · 36 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · Apr 30, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

Smells

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Rafael Anchía

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15K Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.$14K Blackridge$12K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 30, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash: $15,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.$13,500.00

Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.

$13,500.00

Cash: $13,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $13,500.00

Also funds 84 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 14, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

Blackridge$12,000.00

Blackridge

$12,000.00

Cash: $12,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $12,000.00

Also funds 86 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 13, 2025 to Aug 11, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033306, 101061466, 101071312.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash: $15,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

×

Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.

$13,500.00

Cash: $13,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $13,500.00

Also funds 84 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 14, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

×

Blackridge

$12,000.00

Cash: $12,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $12,000.00

Also funds 86 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 13, 2025 to Aug 11, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033306, 101061466, 101071312.

Votes2

House Apr 30, 2025

Yea: 103
Nay: 36
Present, not voting: 1
Absent: 5
Excused: 5

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 994

HB 3511 was passed by (Record 994): 103 Yeas, 36 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 103 (published)
Nay: 36 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 5 (derived from named list)
Excused: 5 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House Apr 29, 2025

Yea: 95
Nay: 53
Present, not voting: 1
Absent: 0
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 847

CSHB 3511, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 847): 95 Yeas, 53 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 95 (published)
Nay: 53 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses16

For: 14
Against: 0
On: 2

Names

For

Environmental Defense Fund2 registrations
Harris County Commissioners Court1 registration
Highland Electric Fleets1 registration
Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club1 registration
Self2 registrations
Self; Environment Texas1 registration
Tesla1 registration
Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance1 registration
Texas chapter of US Green Building Council1 registration
Texas EV Alliance1 registration
Texas Impact1 registration
Texas Solar and Storage Association1 registration

On

North Central Texas Council of Governments1 registration
Public Utility Commission of Texas1 registration

Sources

16 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 14, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version H by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 28, 2025

04/30/2025 S Received from the House

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

Data snapshot Nov 1, 2026 at 1:51 PM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Penny Morales ShawDHouse 148

Mihaela PlesaDHouse 70

House committee · State Affairs · Committee vote 14 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Companion

SB 2634 by Johnson (similar)

Subjects

Utilities--Electric

Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment

ELECTRIC VEHICLES (SI3J9)

ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS (ERCOT)

PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION

Text

The text as introduced · 275 words

By: Anchía
H.B. No. 3511

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the interconnection of electric vehicles to the ERCOT

power grid.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is

amended by adding Section 39.9161 to read as follows:

Sec. 39.9161. INTERCONNECTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES. (a)

In this section:

(1) "Electric vehicle" has the meaning assigned by

Section 42.0102.

(2) "Interconnection" means the right of an electric

vehicle owner to physically connect the electric vehicle to an

electricity distribution system and the technical requirements,

rules, or processes for the connection.

(b) The commission by rule may establish safety, technical,

and performance standards for electric vehicles that may be

interconnected. In adopting the rules, the commission shall

consider standards published by the Underwriters Laboratories, the

National Electrical Code, the National Electrical Safety Code, and

the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

(c) The commission by rule may establish a program to allow

the sale of electricity stored by an electric vehicle to the

transmission grid and distribution system. The rules may authorize

an electric utility or retail electric provider to contract with an

electric vehicle owner so that:

(1) electricity stored by the electric vehicle is made

available for sale to the transmission grid and distribution

system;

(2) the value of that electricity is credited to the

electric vehicle owner; and

(3) electric vehicles are eligible to participate in

ERCOT market mechanisms, including ancillary services, Virtual

Power Plants (VPPs), and Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource

(ADER) programs, ensuring their full integration as grid assets.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: Smells

The receipt

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ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.

Blackridge

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.

Blackridge

House Apr 30, 2025

House Apr 29, 2025

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