To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Texas House of Representatives and Senate are considering three similar, but not identical, legislative drafts that could impose substantial grid charges directly on renewable generation businesses. House Bill 4466, which is scheduled for hearing on April 8, would require the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to require the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's internal market operator, to directly assign to the renewable projects themselves the costs of ancillary services that ERCOT incurs (including standby backup, and reactive power) to address renewable