Texas Utilities Code

§ 33.008 — FRANCHISE CHARGES

UT § 33.008Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 33. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF MUNICIPALITY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)Following the end of the freeze period for a municipality that has been served by an electric utility, and following the date a municipally owned utility or an electric cooperative has implemented customer choice for a municipality that has been served by that municipally owned utility or electric cooperative, a municipality may impose on an electric utility, transmission and distribution utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative, as appropriate, that provides distribution service within the municipality a reasonable charge as specified in Subsection (b) for the use of a municipal street, alley, or public way to deliver electricity to a retail customer. A municipality may not impose a charge on:

(1)an electric utility, or transmission and distribution utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative for electric service provided outside the municipality;

(2)a qualifying facility;

(3)an exempt wholesale generator;

(4)a power marketer;

(5)a retail electric provider;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.