Relating to critical infrastructure and utilities, including affiliation with certain foreign entities of certain persons working or participating in the electricity market; authorizing and increasing administrative penalties.
Bill overview
Relating to critical infrastructure and utilities, including affiliation with certain foreign entities of certain persons working or participating in the electricity market; authorizing and increasing administrative penalties.
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- June 20, 2025
- Effective
- September 1, 2025
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KeepTXRed summary
Strengthens Texas electric-grid security rules involving restricted foreign companies, critical infrastructure, market participants, and sensitive utility personnel.
What would change
The Public Utility Commission may impose penalties up to $1 million per violation for specified critical-infrastructure violations; market participants face expanded reporting and attestation requirements; and critical grid positions require background and foreign-affiliation screening.
Who may be affected
Electric utilities, municipally owned utilities, cooperatives, ERCOT and other covered market participants, grid employees, vendors, and the PUC.
When it would take effect
Effective September 1, 2025.
Limits and uncertainty
The law targets the detailed restricted-company and critical-infrastructure categories defined in Texas law; it is not a blanket prohibition on all foreign investment, employment, or procurement in the electricity sector.
Editorial sources and review notes
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Editorial explanation reviewed 9/5/2026.
Current status
Effective
Effective on 9/1/25
Latest official action
Effective on 9/1/25
June 20, 2025 · senate
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