Monitoring the SessionHB 574
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to the use of adaptive model data analytics software by the independent organization certified to manage the ERCOT power region.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Use it by September 1, 2026, or the certification is at risk.
The bill requires the organization that runs the ERCOT power grid to use adaptive model data analytics software when it forecasts whether power plants will be available. The grid operator already certified by the Public Utility Commission must start using this software as soon as practicable and no later than September 1, 2026. After that date, the commission may pull the operator's certification if it is not using the software.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3182 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3182 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB574 · 2024-11-12
relating to the use of adaptive model data analytics software by the independent organization certified to manage the ERCOT power region.
Use it by September 1, 2026, or the certification is at risk.
The bill requires the organization that runs the ERCOT power grid to use adaptive model data analytics software when it forecasts whether power plants will be available. The grid operator already certified by the Public Utility Commission must start using this software as soon as practicable and no later than September 1, 2026. After that date, the commission may pull the operator's certification if it is not using the software.
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THE TEXT
…“an organization must use adaptive model data analytics software in forecasting power generation system availability”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill changes how the ERCOT grid operator must forecast power plant availability, and ties its certification to using a type of analytics software.
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Derived itemized flow · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
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Report IDs: 101056369, 101068193.
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$85,000.00
Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 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: 101056369, 101068193.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Rosenthal, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 15, 2023: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to the use of adaptive model data analytics software by the independent organization certified to manage the ERCOT power region.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/03/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 3 2025 2:24PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · State Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
Energy--General
Utilities--Electric
Utilities--General
COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE
ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS (ERCOT)
PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
The text as introduced · 189 words
89R3793 CS-D By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 574 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the use of adaptive model data analytics software by the independent organization certified to manage the ERCOT power region. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 39.151, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g-9) to read as follows: (g-9) To maintain certification as an independent organization under this section, an organization must use adaptive model data analytics software in forecasting power generation system availability. SECTION 2. (a) An independent organization certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, by the Public Utility Commission of Texas before September 1, 2025, shall begin to use adaptive model data analytics software to comply with Section 39.151, Utilities Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as practicable, but not later than September 1, 2026. (b) After September 1, 2026, the Public Utility Commission of Texas may decertify an independent organization that does not use adaptive model data analytics software to comply with Section 39.151, Utilities Code, as amended by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.