Relating to the evaluation and use of grid enhancing technologies and high-performance conductors.

Definitions were updated to remove specific examples like 'advanced power flow controller' and 'topology optimization system' from the original version, replacing them with broader language about hardware and software that enhances transmission system performance.

New requirements were added mandating that evaluations include considerations of repairability, durability, operational risks, and long-term load support viability in addition to technical feasibility and cost-effectiveness.

New requirement added that electric utilities must include an evaluation of potential technology integration in each application for a new or amended certificate of convenience and necessity for transmission projects.

Eligibility criteria for using grid technologies were modified to explicitly allow electric cooperatives, electric utilities, and municipally owned utilities to use technologies when an independent organization determines them to be technically feasible and cost-effective.

The timeline for rule adoption by the Public Utility Commission of Texas remains January 1, 2026, and the effective date of the Act remains September 1, 2025, but the section numbers changed from Section 1 and 2 to Section 2 and 3 to accommodate the new content.