Texas Utilities Code

§ 32.001 — COMMISSION JURISDICTION

UT § 32.001Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 32. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES · Art. A. COMMISSION JURISDICTION

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(a)Except as provided by Section 32.002, the commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates, operations, and services of an electric utility in:

(1)areas outside a municipality; and

(2)areas inside a municipality that surrenders its jurisdiction to the commission under Section 33.002.

(b)The commission has exclusive appellate jurisdiction to review an order or ordinance of a municipality exercising exclusive original jurisdiction under this subtitle.

Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.