SB 2434

gas-fired power plants move up the line in a shortage

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

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

Caption

relating to the prioritization of natural gas deliveries to certain electric power generation units.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Same top priority as homes and hospitals. Other customers can get cut first.

This bill orders gas utilities that cut back deliveries during a shortage to give gas-fired power plants the same top priority as homes, hospitals, water plants, and police and fire facilities. It touches gas utilities on the state's intrastate system, the power plants that burn their gas, and the other customers who could be cut off first in a shortage. On the ground, gas-fired power plants move up the line during a curtailment event starting September 1, 2025, alongside other customers the railroad commission can add by rule.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 13, 2025 and referred to the Senate Business & Commerce committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB2434 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Sen. Tan ParkerRSenate 12

+ 4 coauthors

ITEM

relating to the prioritization of natural gas deliveries to certain electric power generation units.

WHAT IT DOES

Same top priority as homes and hospitals. Other customers can get cut first.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Mar 13, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Mar 13, 2025Filed
Mar 25, 2025Read first time
Mar 25, 2025Referred to Business & Commerce
Mar 27, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 9, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 28, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 29, 2025Co-author authorized

FILED UNDER

DATA CENTERS, WATER AND THE GRID

THE TEXT

…“shall prioritize natural gas deliveries to natural-gas-fired electric generation facilities at the same level as natural gas deliveries to other human needs customers”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill decides who gets natural gas first in a shortage by putting gas-fired power plants in the same priority tier as homes and hospitals, in order to keep the grid running.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Tan Parker

Donors

Texas Stock Exchange | TXSE Group PAC$40K Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$25K The Peck Family Trust$25K

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 · Oct 28, 2024 to Jun 29, 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 Stock Exchange | TXSE Group PAC$40,000.00

Texas Stock Exchange | TXSE Group PAC

$40,000.00

Cash: $40,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $40,000.00

Also funds 10 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 17, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Feb 17, 2026 to Jun 25, 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: 101060289.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$25,250.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$25,250.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $250.00
Total: $25,250.00

fundraiser $250.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2025. 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: 100986801, 101009904, 101031351.

The Peck Family Trust$25,000.00

The Peck Family Trust

$25,000.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $25,000.00

Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 14, 2024 to Sep 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 14, 2024. 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: 100986801.

Money

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

Texas Stock Exchange | TXSE Group PAC

$40,000.00

Cash: $40,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $40,000.00

Also funds 10 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 17, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Feb 17, 2026 to Jun 25, 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: 101060289.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$25,250.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $250.00
Total: $25,250.00

fundraiser $250.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2025. 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: 100986801, 101009904, 101031351.

The Peck Family Trust

$25,000.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $25,000.00

Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 14, 2024 to Sep 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 14, 2024. 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: 100986801.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Mar 13, 2025

03/25/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Brent HagenbuchRSenate 30

Adam HinojosaRSenate 27

Lois KolkhorstRSenate 18

Angela PaxtonRSenate 8

Senate committee · Business & Commerce · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Oil & Gas

Utilities--Electric

Utilities--Natural Gas

Text

The text as introduced · 211 words

89R6205 CXP-D

By: Parker
S.B. No. 2434

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the prioritization of natural gas deliveries to certain

electric power generation units.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 121, Utilities Code, is

amended by adding Section 121.159 to read as follows:

Sec. 121.159. PRIORITY OF NATURAL GAS DELIVERY DURING

CURTAILMENT EVENT. (a) In this section, "human needs customers"

includes:

(1) residences, hospitals, water and wastewater

facilities, and police, fire, and military and civil defense

facilities;

(2) other locations where people may congregate in an

emergency;

(3) small commercial customers that cannot

practicably be curtailed without curtailing human needs;

(4) natural-gas-fired electric generation facilities;

and

(5) any other customers identified by rule by the

railroad commission.

(b) A gas utility that determines that the utility's ability

to deliver natural gas may become inadequate to support continuous

service to customers on the utility's intrastate system and that

reduces intrastate deliveries to one or more customers shall

prioritize natural gas deliveries to natural-gas-fired electric

generation facilities at the same level as natural gas deliveries

to other human needs customers and local distribution systems that

serve those human needs customers.

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