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TX Util § 37.058 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 37 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity|Subchapter B. Certificate of Convenience and Necessity|Section 37.058. Certificate and Determination Issued to Certain Non-Ercot Utilities for Generating Facility

Sec. 37.058.  CERTIFICATE AND DETERMINATION ISSUED TO CERTAIN NON-ERCOT UTILITIES FOR GENERATING FACILITY. (a) This section applies only to an electric utility that operates solely outside of ERCOT.(b)  An electric utility may file with the commission a request that the commission:(1)  grant a certificate for an electric generating facility;(2)  make a public interest determination for the purchase of an existing electric generating facility under Section 14.101; or(3)  both grant a certificate and make a determination.(c)  Notwithstanding any other law, in a proceeding involving the purchase of an existing electric generating facility, the commission shall issue a final order on a certificate for the facility or making a determination on the facility required by Section 14.101, as applicable, not later than the 181st day after the date a request for the certificate or determination is filed with the commission under Subsection (b). For generating facilities granted a certificate under this subsection, notwithstanding Section 36.053, the utility's recoverable invested capital included in rates shall be determined by the commission.(d)  Notwithstanding any other law, in a proceeding involving a newly constructed generating facility, the commission shall issue a final order on a certificate for the facility not later than the 366th day after the date a request for the certificate is filed with the commission under Subsection (b).(e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an electric utility operating solely outside of the ERCOT power region may, but shall not be required to, obtain a certificate to install, own, or operate a generation facility with a capacity of 10 megawatts or less.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 733 (H.B. 1535), Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (H.B. 1510), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2021.|
TX Util § 37.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 37 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity|Subchapter B. Certificate of Convenience and Necessity|Section 37.061. Existing Service Area Agreements

Sec. 37.061.  EXISTING SERVICE AREA AGREEMENTS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission shall allow a municipally owned utility to amend the service area boundaries of its certificate if:(1)  the municipally owned utility was the holder of a certificate as of January 1, 1999;(2)  the municipally owned utility has an agreement existing before January 1, 1999, with a public utility serving the area that the public utility will not contest an application to amend the certificate to add municipal territory;  and(3)  the area for which a certificate is requested is not certificated to a retail electric utility that is not a party to the agreement and that has not consented in writing to certification of the area to the municipality.(b)  The commission may not amend the certificate of the public utility serving the affected area based on the granting of a certificate to the municipally owned utility.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 37.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 37 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity|Subchapter C. Municipalities|Section 37.101. Service in Annexed or Incorporated Area

Sec. 37.101.  SERVICE IN ANNEXED OR INCORPORATED AREA.  (a)  If an area is or will be included within a municipality as the result of annexation, incorporation, or another reason, each electric utility and each electric cooperative that holds or is entitled to hold a certificate under this title to provide service or operate a facility in the area before the inclusion has the right to continue to provide the service or operate the facility and extend service within the utility's or cooperative's certificated area in the annexed or incorporated area under the rights granted by the certificate and this title.(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, an electric utility has the right to:(1)  continue and extend service within the utility's certificated area;  and(2)  use roads, streets, highways, alleys, and public property to furnish retail electric utility service.(c)  The governing body of a municipality may require an electric utility to relocate the utility's facility at the utility's expense to permit the widening or straightening of a street by:(1)  giving the electric utility 30 days' notice;  and(2)  specifying the new location for the facility along the right-of-way of the street.(d)  This section does not:(1)  limit the power of a city, town, or village to incorporate or of a municipality to extend its boundaries by annexation;  or(2)  prohibit a municipality from levying a tax or other special charge for the use of the streets as authorized by Section 182.025, Tax Code.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 37.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 37 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity|Subchapter C. Municipalities|Section 37.102. Grant of Certificate for Certain Municipalities

Sec. 37.102.  GRANT OF CERTIFICATE FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  If a municipal corporation offers retail electric utility service in a municipality having a population of more than 145,000 that is located in a county having a population of more than 2 million, the commission shall singly certificate areas in the municipality's boundaries in which more than one electric utility provides electric utility service.(b)  In singly certificating an area under Subsection (a), the commission shall preserve the right of an electric utility to serve the customers the electric utility was serving on June 17, 1983.  This subsection does not apply to a customer at least partially served by a nominal 69,000 volts system who gave notice of termination to the utility servicing that customer before June 17, 1983.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 179, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Util § 37.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 37 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity|Subchapter D. Regulation of Services, Areas, and Facilities|Section 37.151. Provision of Service

Sec. 37.151.  PROVISION OF SERVICE.  Except as provided by Sections 37.152 and 37.153, a certificate holder shall:(1)  serve every consumer in the utility's certificated area; and(2)  provide continuous and adequate service in that area.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1170 (H.B. 3309), Sec. 4, eff. June 19, 2009.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 44 (S.B. 1938), Sec. 6, eff. May 16, 2019.|
TX Util § 37.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 37 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity|Subchapter D. Regulation of Services, Areas, and Facilities|Section 37.152. Grounds for Reduction of Service

Sec. 37.152.  GROUNDS FOR REDUCTION OF SERVICE.  (a)  Unless the commission issues a certificate that the present and future convenience and necessity will not be adversely affected, a certificate holder may not discontinue, reduce, or impair service to any part of the holder's certificated service area except for:(1)  nonpayment of charges;(2)  nonuse;  or(3)  another similar reason that occurs in the usual course of business.(b)  A discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service must be in compliance with and subject to any condition or restriction the commission prescribes.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 37.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 37 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity|Subchapter D. Regulation of Services, Areas, and Facilities|Section 37.153. Required Refusal of Service

Sec. 37.153.  REQUIRED REFUSAL OF SERVICE.  A certificate holder shall refuse to serve a customer in the holder's certificated area if the holder is prohibited from providing the service under Section 212.012, 232.029, or 232.0291, Local Government Code.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 708 (S.B. 425), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Util § 37.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 37 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity|Subchapter D. Regulation of Services, Areas, and Facilities|Section 37.154. Transfer of Certificate

Sec. 37.154.  TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE.  (a)  An electric utility or municipally owned utility may sell, assign, or lease a certificate or a right obtained under a certificate if the purchaser, assignee, or lessee is already certificated by the commission to provide electric service within the same electric power region, coordinating council, independent system operator, or power pool, or if the purchaser, assignee, or lessee is an electric cooperative or municipally owned utility.  As part of a transaction subject to Sections 39.262(l)-(o) and 39.915, the commission may approve a sale, assignment, or lease to an entity that has not been previously certificated if the approval will not diminish the retail rate jurisdiction of this state.  Any purchase, assignment, or lease under this section requires that the commission determine that the purchaser, assignee, or lessee can provide adequate service.(b)  A sale, assignment, or lease of a certificate or a right is subject to conditions the commission prescribes.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 44 (S.B. 1938), Sec. 7, eff. May 16, 2019.|
TX Util § 37.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 37 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity|Subchapter D. Regulation of Services, Areas, and Facilities|Section 37.155. Application of Contracts

Sec. 37.155.  APPLICATION OF CONTRACTS.  A contract approved by the commission between retail electric utilities that designates areas and customers to be served by the utilities:(1)  is valid and enforceable;  and(2)  shall be incorporated into the appropriate areas of certification.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 37.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 37 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity|Subchapter D. Regulation of Services, Areas, and Facilities|Section 37.156. Interference With Another Utility

Sec. 37.156.  INTERFERENCE WITH ANOTHER UTILITY.  If an electric utility constructing or extending the utility's lines, plant, or system interferes or attempts to interfere with the operation of a line, plant, or system of another utility, the commission by order may:(1)  prohibit the construction or extension;  or(2)  prescribe terms for locating the affected lines, plants, or systems.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 37.157 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 37 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity|Subchapter D. Regulation of Services, Areas, and Facilities|Section 37.157. Maps

Sec. 37.157.  MAPS.  An electric utility shall file with the commission one or more maps that show each utility facility and that separately illustrate each utility facility for the generation, transmission, or distribution of the utility's services on a date the commission orders.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 38.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter A. Standards|Section 38.001. General Standard

Sec. 38.001.  GENERAL STANDARD.  An electric utility and an electric cooperative shall furnish service, instrumentalities, and facilities that are safe, adequate, efficient, and reasonable.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 38.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter A. Standards|Section 38.002. Authority of Regulatory Authority Concerning Standards

Sec. 38.002.  AUTHORITY OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY CONCERNING STANDARDS.  A regulatory authority, on its own motion or on complaint and after reasonable notice and hearing, may:(1)  adopt just and reasonable standards, classifications, rules, or practices an electric utility must follow in furnishing a service;(2)  adopt adequate and reasonable standards for measuring a condition, including quantity, quality, pressure, and initial voltage, relating to the furnishing of a service;(3)  adopt reasonable rules for examining, testing, and measuring a service;  and(4)  adopt or approve reasonable rules, specifications, and standards to ensure the accuracy of equipment, including meters and instruments, used to measure a service.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 38.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter A. Standards|Section 38.003. Rule or Standard

Sec. 38.003.  RULE OR STANDARD.  (a)  An electric utility may not impose a rule except as provided by this title.(b)  An electric utility may file with the regulatory authority a standard, classification, rule, or practice the utility follows.(c)  The standard, classification, rule, or practice continues in force until:(1)  amended by the utility;  or(2)  changed by the regulatory authority as provided by this title.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 38.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter A. Standards|Section 38.005. Electric Service Reliability Measures

Sec. 38.005.  ELECTRIC SERVICE RELIABILITY MEASURES.  (a)  The commission shall implement service quality and reliability standards relating to the delivery of electricity to retail customers by electric utilities and transmission and distribution utilities.  The commission by rule shall develop reliability standards, including:(1)  the system-average interruption frequency index (SAIFI);(2)  the system-average interruption duration index (SAIDI);(3)  achievement of average response time for customer service requests or inquiries;  or(4)  other standards that the commission finds reasonable and appropriate.(b)  The commission may take appropriate enforcement action under this section, including action against a utility, if any of the utility's feeders with 10 or more customers has had a SAIDI or SAIFI average that is more than 300 percent greater than the system average of all feeders during any two-year period, beginning in the year 2000. In determining the appropriate enforcement action, the commission shall consider:(1)  the feeder's operating and maintenance history;(2)  the cause of each interruption in the feeder's service;(3)  any action taken by a utility to address the feeder's performance;(4)  the estimated cost and benefit of remediating a feeder's performance; and(5)  any other relevant factor as determined by the commission.(c)  The standards implemented under Subsection (a) shall require each electric utility and transmission and distribution utility subject to this section to maintain adequately trained and experienced personnel throughout the utility's service area so that the utility is able to fully and adequately comply with the appropriate service quality and reliability standards.(d)  The standards shall ensure that electric utilities do not neglect any local neighborhood or geographic area, including rural areas, communities of less than 1,000 persons, and low-income areas, with regard to system reliability.(e)  The commission may require each electric utility and transmission and distribution utility to supply data to assist the commission in developing the reliability standards.(f)  Each electric utility, transmission and distribution utility, electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, and generation provider shall be obligated to comply with any operational criteria duly established by the independent organization as defined by Section 39.151 or adopted by the commission.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 424 (H.B. 2052), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Util § 38.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter B. Prohibitions on Preferences and Discrimination|Section 38.021. Unreasonable Preference or Prejudice Concerning Service Prohibited

Sec. 38.021.  UNREASONABLE PREFERENCE OR PREJUDICE CONCERNING SERVICE PROHIBITED.  In providing a service to persons in a classification, an electric utility may not:(1)  grant an unreasonable preference or advantage to a person in the classification;  or(2)  subject a person in the classification to an unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 38.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter B. Prohibitions on Preferences and Discrimination|Section 38.022. Discrimination and Restriction on Competition

Sec. 38.022.  DISCRIMINATION AND RESTRICTION ON COMPETITION.  An electric utility may not:(1)  discriminate against a person or electric cooperative who sells or leases equipment or performs services in competition with the electric utility;  or(2)  engage in a practice that tends to restrict or impair that competition.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 38.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter C. Examinations, Tests, and Inspections|Section 38.051. Examination and Test of Instrument or Equipment; Inspection

Sec. 38.051.  EXAMINATION AND TEST OF INSTRUMENT OR EQUIPMENT;  INSPECTION.  (a)  A regulatory authority may:(1)  examine and test equipment, including meters and instruments, used to measure service of an electric utility;  and(2)  set up and use on the premises occupied by an electric utility an apparatus or appliance necessary for the examination or test.(b)  The electric utility is entitled to be represented at an examination, test, or inspection made under this section.(c)  The electric utility and its officers and employees shall facilitate the examination, test, or inspection by giving reasonable aid to the regulatory authority and to any person designated by the regulatory authority for the performance of those duties.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 38.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter C. Examinations, Tests, and Inspections|Section 38.052. Inspection for Consumer

Sec. 38.052.  INSPECTION FOR CONSUMER.  (a)  A consumer may have a meter or other measuring device tested by an electric utility:(1)  once without charge, after a reasonable period of presumed accuracy the regulatory authority establishes by rule;  and(2)  at a shorter interval on payment of a reasonable fee established by the regulatory authority.(b)  The regulatory authority shall establish reasonable fees to be paid for other examining or testing of a measuring device on the request of a consumer.(c)  If the consumer requests the test under Subsection (a)(2) and the measuring device is found unreasonably defective or incorrect to the substantial disadvantage of the consumer, the fee the consumer paid at the time of the request shall be refunded.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 38.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle B - Electric Utilities|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Electric Services|Subchapter D. Improvements in Service|Section 38.071. Improvements in Service; Interconnecting Service

Sec. 38.071.  IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE;  INTERCONNECTING SERVICE.  The commission, after notice and hearing, may:(1)  order an electric utility to provide specified improvements in its service in a specified area if:(A)  service in the area is inadequate or substantially inferior to service in a comparable area;  and(B)  requiring the company to provide the improved service is reasonable;  or(2)  order two or more electric utilities or electric cooperatives to establish specified facilities for interconnecting service.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|