Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for an entity to provide a Utility Generator Extreme Weather Preparedness Best Practices Report. The report will: 1) examine the widespread generation outages in Texas associated with frigid weather conditions in early February of 2011 2) examine best practices for winter and summer extreme weather preparedness processes for electric generation facilities and 3) prepare a Summer and Winter Preparedness report to the Texas Legislature, as required by Senate Bill 1133, which can be found at http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=SB1133. The PUCT will submit the Summer report to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the legislature no later than March 1, 2012 and the Winter report no later than September 1, 2012.
