Texas Utilities Code
§ 38.080 — WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN
UT § 38.080Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 38. REGULATION OF ELECTRIC SERVICES · Art. D. IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Division" means the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
(2)"First responder" has the meaning assigned by Section 418.251, Government Code.
(3)"Plan" means a wildfire mitigation plan described by Subsection (b).
(4)"Wildfire risk area" means an area determined by the division or an electric utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative to be at an elevated risk for wildfire.
(b)An electric utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative that owns a transmission or distribution facility in a wildfire risk area shall file with the commission a wildfire mitigation plan that includes the following:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1072 (H.B. 145), Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2025.