Texas Utilities Code

§ 40.004 — JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION

UT § 40.004Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 40. COMPETITION FOR MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES AND RIVER AUTHORITIES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Except as specifically otherwise provided in this chapter, the commission has jurisdiction over municipally owned utilities only for the following purposes:

(1)to regulate wholesale transmission rates and service, including terms of access, to the extent provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 35;

(2)to regulate certification of retail service areas to the extent provided by Chapter 37;

(3)to regulate rates on appeal under Subchapters D and E, Chapter 33, subject to Section 40.051(c);

(4)to establish a code of conduct as provided by Section 39.157(e) applicable to anticompetitive activities and to affiliate activities limited to structurally unbundled affiliates of municipally owned utilities, subject to Section 40.054;

(5)to establish terms and conditions for open access to transmission and distribution facilities for municipally owned utilities providing customer choice, as provided by Section 39.203;

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Legislative history

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 16.005, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 610 (S.B. 936), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 410 (H.B. 1500), Sec. 42, eff. September 1, 2023.