Texas Utilities Code

§ 41.055 — JURISDICTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

UT § 41.055Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 41. ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES AND COMPETITION · Art. B. ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE UTILITY CHOICE

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A board of directors has exclusive jurisdiction to:

(1)set all terms of access, conditions, and rates applicable to services provided by the electric cooperative, except as provided by Sections 41.054 and 41.056, including nondiscriminatory and comparable rates for distribution but excluding wholesale transmission rates, terms of access, and conditions for wholesale transmission service set by the commission under Subchapter A, Chapter 35, provided that the rates for distribution established by the electric cooperative shall be comparable to the distribution rates that apply to the electric cooperative and its subsidiaries;

(2)determine whether to unbundle any energy-related activities and, if the board of directors chooses to unbundle, whether to do so structurally or functionally;

(3)reasonably determine the amount of the electric cooperative's stranded investment;

(4)establish nondiscriminatory transition charges reasonably designed to recover the stranded investment over an appropriate period of time;

(5)determine the extent to which the electric cooperative will provide various customer services, including nonelectric services, or accept the services from other providers;

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 939 (H.B. 3693), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2007.