1. (a) The council is composed of:

   1. (1) the chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas;
   2. (2) the presiding officer of the Public Utility Commission of Texas;
   3. (3) the chief executive of the Office of Public Utility Counsel;
   4. (4) the presiding officer of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
   5. (5) the chair of the Texas Transportation Commission;
   6. (6) a person to represent the independent organization certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region, appointed by the governor;
   7. (7) the chief;
   8. (8) five persons to represent participants in the natural gas supply chain in this state, appointed by the Railroad Commission of Texas to represent as many types of participants as possible;

   9. (9) five persons to represent the electric industry, appointed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, including:

      1. (A) one person to represent entities that provide dispatchable electric energy to the power grid in this state;
      2. (B) one person to represent transmission and distribution utilities, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;
      3. (C) one person to represent retail electric providers, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;
      4. (D) one person to represent municipally owned utilities, as defined by Section 11.003, Utilities Code; and
      5. (E) one person to represent electric cooperatives;
   10. (10) three persons to represent energy sectors not otherwise represented on the council, appointed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas; and

   11. (11) five persons to represent industrial concerns, appointed by the governor, including:

       1. (A) one person to represent motor fuel producers; and
       2. (B) one person to represent chemical manufacturers.
2. (b) A member of the council described by Subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) may designate a person from the member's agency to represent the member in any meeting.
3. (c) The council may request that a person collaborate with the council to achieve the purposes described by Section 418.302.

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 3, eff. June 8, 2021.