MEMBERSHIP

(a) The council is composed of: (1) the chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas; (2) the presiding officer of the Public Utility Commission of Texas; (3) the chief executive of the Office of Public Utility Counsel; (4) the presiding officer of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; (5) the chair of the Texas Transportation Commission; (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) the chief; (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) five persons to represent the electric industry, appointed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, including: (A) one person to represent entities that provide dispatchable electric energy to the power grid in this state; (B) one person to represent transmission and distribution utilities, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code; (C) one person to represent retail electric providers, as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code; (D) one person to represent municipally owned utilities, as defined by Section 11.003, Utilities Code; and (E) one person to represent electric cooperatives; (10) three persons to represent energy sectors not otherwise represented on the council, appointed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas; and (11) five persons to represent industrial concerns, appointed by the governor, including: (A) one person to represent motor fuel producers; and (B) one person to represent chemical manufacturers. (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. (c) The council may request that a person collaborate with the council to achieve the purposes described by Section 418.302.