Texas Utilities Code

§ 13.003 — OFFICE POWERS AND DUTIES

UT § 13.003Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES · Ch. 13. OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES

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(a)The office:

(1)shall assess the effect of utility rate changes and other regulatory actions on residential consumers in this state;

(2)shall advocate in the office's own name a position determined by the counsellor to be most advantageous to a substantial number of residential consumers;

(3)may appear or intervene, as a party or otherwise, as a matter of right on behalf of:

(A)residential consumers, as a class, in any proceeding before the commission, including an alternative dispute resolution proceeding; and

(B)small commercial consumers, as a class, in any proceeding in which the counsellor determines that small commercial consumers are in need of representation, including an alternative dispute resolution proceeding;

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Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 416 (S.B. 855), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 104 (S.B. 1877), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.