Texas Utilities Code

§ 38.102 — REPORTS ON SAFETY PROCESSES AND INSPECTIONS

UT § 38.102Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 38. REGULATION OF ELECTRIC SERVICES · Art. E. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

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(a)Each electric utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative that owns or operates overhead transmission or distribution assets shall submit to the commission a report that includes:

(1)a summary description of hazard recognition training documents provided by the utility or electric cooperative to its employees related to overhead transmission and distribution facilities; and

(2)a summary description of training programs provided to employees by the utility or electric cooperative related to the National Electrical Safety Code for the construction of electric transmission and distribution lines.

(b)An electric utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative shall submit an updated report not later than the 30th day after the date the utility or electric cooperative finalizes a material change to a document or program included in a report submitted under Subsection (a).

(c)Not later than May 1 every five years, each electric utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative that owns or operates overhead transmission facilities greater than 60 kilovolts shall submit to the commission a report for the preceding five-year period ending on December 31 of the preceding calendar year that includes:

(1)the percentage of overhead transmission facilities greater than 60 kilovolts inspected for compliance with the National Electrical Safety Code relating to vertical clearance in the reporting period; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1320 (H.B. 4150), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.