89R9644 SCR-D     By: Parker S.B. No. 2315       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a cost overage exemption for interconnection of   advanced nuclear reactors to the ERCOT transmission system.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 35.004(d-2), Utilities Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (d-2)  Costs in excess of the transmission-owning utility   allowance provided by Subsection (d-1) incurred to interconnect   generation resources with the ERCOT transmission system must be   directly assigned to and collected from the generation resource   interconnecting through the facilities.  This subsection does not   apply to excess costs incurred to interconnect a generation   resource that is an advanced nuclear reactor.  For purposes of this   subsection, an advanced nuclear reactor is a fission-based reactor   belonging to one of the following categories:                (1)  a large reactor, with a generation capacity   between 400 and 1400 megawatts of electricity;                (2)  a small modular reactor, with a generation   capacity between 50 and 400 megawatts of electricity; or                (3)  a microreactor, with a generation capacity of less   than 50 megawatts of electricity.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.