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Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter B - CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROTECTION › Section 25.27 - Retail Electric Service Switchovers

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Right
				  to switchover.
(1) General principles. A
				  consumer has the right to switch retail electric service to any electric or
				  municipally owned utility that has the right to provide service in the area in
				  which the consumer's consuming facility is located, subject to the terms of any
				  contract for electric service entered into pursuant to the disconnecting
				  utility's tariff. Because a consuming facility for which a switchover is sought
				  can obtain electric service from the disconnecting utility prior to the
				  switchover, an electric or municipally owned utility shall give a switchover a
				  lower priority than the elimination of outages and requests for service to
				  consuming facilities that do not have service. Nevertheless, a switchover shall
				  be performed as soon as reasonably possible, and the disconnecting and
				  connecting utilities shall strive to take the actions required below more
				  quickly than the deadlines listed below. In addition, the disconnecting and
				  connecting utilities shall minimize any outages related to making a
				  switchover.
(2) Options and
				  availability. This section provides two switchover options: partial switchover
				  and full switchover. All subsections of this section apply to electric
				  utilities, while only subsections (a), (c), (e), and (g) of this section apply
				  to municipally owned utilities. The partial switchover option is not available
				  in a particular area prior to September 1, 1999 and prior to such time as both
				  the disconnecting and connecting utilities have approved tariffs for
				  transmission service at the transmission and primary and secondary distribution
				  voltage levels. Until the utilities have such approved tariffs, subsections (d)
				  and (e) of this section do not apply. In addition, the partial switchover
				  option is not available to the extent that it would reduce the state's
				  jurisdiction over a utility. The provisions for full switchovers in this
				  section become effective for a particular area once the electric utilities that
				  have a right to provide service in the area have tariffs in effect that are
				  consistent with this section.
(3)
				  Limitations and refunds. A consuming facility may not be switched more than
				  once every 12 months. A consumer or connecting utility who pays a switchover
				  fee does not waive the right to seek a refund on the basis that the switchover
				  fee was excessive. In addition, a connecting utility or consumer who buys
				  facilities pursuant to this section waives the right to seek a refund only if
				  it expressly agrees to waive that right.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter B - CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROTECTION › Section 25.28 - Bill Payment and Adjustments

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Bill due
				  date. The bill provided to the customer shall include the payment due date
				  which shall not be less than 16 days after issuance. The issuance date is the
				  postmark date on the envelope or the issuance date on the bill if there is no
				  postmark on the envelope. A payment for electric utility service is delinquent
				  if not received at the electric utility or at the electric utility's authorized
				  payment agency by the close of business on the due date. If the sixteenth day
				  falls on a holiday or weekend, then the due date shall be the next work day
				  after the sixteenth day.
(b)
				  Penalty on delinquent bills for retail service. A one-time penalty not to
				  exceed 5.0% may be charged on a delinquent commercial or industrial bill. The
				  5.0% penalty on delinquent bills may not be applied to any balance to which the
				  penalty has already been applied. An electric utility providing any service to
				  the state of Texas shall not assess a fee, penalty, interest, or other charge
				  to the state for delinquent payment of a bill.
(c) Overbilling. If charges are found to be
				  higher than authorized in the utility's tariffs, then the customer's bill shall
				  be corrected.
(1) The correction shall be
				  made for the entire period of the overbilling.
(2) If the utility corrects the overbilling
				  within three billing cycles of the error, it need not pay interest on the
				  amount of the correction.
(3) If
				  the utility does not correct the overcharge within three billing cycles of the
				  error, it shall pay interest on the amount of the overcharge at the rate set by
				  the commission each year.
(A) The interest
				  rate shall be based on an average of prime commercial paper rates for the
				  previous 12 months.
(B) Interest on
				  overcharges that are not adjusted by the electric utility within three billing
				  cycles of the bill in error shall accrue from the date of payment or from the
				  date of the bill in error.
(C) All
				  interest shall be compounded monthly based on the annual rate.
(D) Interest shall not apply to leveling
				  plans or estimated billings.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter B - CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROTECTION › Section 25.29 - Disconnection of Service

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Disconnection
				  policy. If an electric utility chooses to disconnect a customer, it must follow
				  the procedures below, or modify them in ways that are more generous to the
				  customer in terms of the cause for disconnection, the timing of the
				  disconnection notice, and the period between notice and disconnection. Each
				  electric utility is encouraged to develop specific policies for disconnection
				  that treat its customers with dignity and respect its customers' or members'
				  circumstances and payment history, and to implement those policies in ways that
				  are consistent and non-discriminatory. Disconnection is an option allowed by
				  the commission, not a requirement placed upon the utility by the
				  commission.
(b) Disconnection with
				  notice. Electric utility service may be disconnected after proper notice for
				  any of these reasons:
(1) failure to pay a
				  bill for electric utility service or make deferred payment arrangements by the
				  date of disconnection;
(2) failure
				  to comply with the terms of a deferred payment agreement;
(3) violation of the electric utility's rules
				  on using service in a manner which interferes with the service of others or the
				  operation of nonstandard equipment, if a reasonable attempt has been made to
				  notify the customer and the customer is provided with a reasonable opportunity
				  to remedy the situation;
(4)
				  failure to pay a deposit as required by §
											RSA
				  25.24 of this title (relating to Credit
				  Requirements and Deposits); or
(5)
				  failure of the guarantor to pay the amount guaranteed, when the electric
				  utility has a written agreement, signed by the guarantor, that allows for
				  disconnection of the guarantor's service.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter B - CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROTECTION › Section 25.30 - Complaints

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Complaints to
				  the electric utility. A customer or applicant may file a complaint in person,
				  by letter, or by telephone with the electric utility. The electric utility must
				  promptly investigate and advise the complainant of the results within 21
				  days.
(b) Supervisory review by the
				  electric utility. Any electric utility customer or applicant has the right to
				  request a supervisory review if they are not satisfied with the electric
				  utility's response to their complaint.
(1) If
				  the electric utility is unable to provide a supervisory review immediately
				  following the customer's request, then arrangements for the review must be made
				  for the earliest possible date.
(2)
				  Service must not be disconnected before completion of the review. If the
				  customer chooses not to participate in a review, then the company may
				  disconnect service, providing proper notice has been issued under the
				  disconnect procedures in §
											25.29 of this title (relating to
				  Disconnection of Service).
(3) The
				  results of the supervisory review must be provided in writing to the customer
				  within ten days of the review, if requested.
(4) Customers who are dissatisfied with the
				  electric utility's supervisory review must be informed of their right to file a
				  complaint with the commission.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter B - CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROTECTION › Section 25.31 - Information to Applicants and Customers

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Information to applicants. Each electric utility must provide this information
				  to applicants when they request new service or transfer existing service to a
				  new location:
(1) the electric utility's
				  lowest-priced alternatives available at the applicant's location. The
				  information must begin with the lowest-priced alternative and give full
				  consideration to applicable equipment options and installation
				  charges;
(2) the electric utility's
				  alternate rate schedules and options, including time of use rates and renewable
				  energy tariffs if available; and
(3) the customer information packet described
				  in subsection (c) of this section. This is not required for the transfer of
				  existing service.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter B - CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROTECTION › Section 25.33 - Prompt Payment Act

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Application.
				  This section applies to billing by an electric utility (utility) to a
				  "governmental entity" as defined in Texas Government Code Chapter 2251, the
				  Prompt Payment Act (PPA). This section controls over other sections of this
				  chapter to the extent that they conflict.
(b) Time for payment by a governmental
				  entity. A payment by a governmental entity subject to the PPA shall become
				  overdue as provided in the PPA.
(c)
				  Disputed bills. If there is a billing dispute between a governmental entity and
				  a utility about any bill for utility service, the dispute shall be resolved as
				  provided in the PPA.
(d) Interest
				  on overdue payment. Interest on an overdue governmental entity payment shall be
				  calculated by the governmental entity pursuant to the terms of the PPA and
				  remitted to the utility with the overdue payment. However, pursuant to §
										RSA
				  25.28<subdiv>(b)</subdiv> of this
				  title (relating to Bill Payment and Adjustments), a governmental entity that is
				  also a state agency is not subject to a fee, penalty, interest, or other charge
				  for delinquent payment of a bill.
(e) Notice. A utility shall provide written
				  notice to all of its non-residential customers of the applicability of the PPA
				  to the utility's service to governmental entities. This notice shall be
				  completed within six months of the effective date of this section for existing
				  non-residential customers and, within three months of the effective date of
				  this section, shall be provided to a new customer at or before the time that
				  the terms of service are provided to the customer. A utility's failure to
				  provide this notice does not give rise to any independent claim under the PPA,
				  nor does this notice initiate or terminate any party's rights or obligations
				  under the PPA.
(1) The failure of a utility
				  to provide written notice in accordance with this subsection may be considered
				  in a PPA billing complaint.
(2) The
				  failure of a governmental entity to inform the utility of its status as a
				  governmental entity may be considered in a PPA billing complaint.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter B - CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROTECTION › Section 25.44 - Privacy of Advanced Metering System Information

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
An electric utility shall not sell, share, or disclose
					 information generated, provided, or otherwise collected from an advanced
					 metering system or meter information network, including information used to
					 calculate charges for service, historical load data, and any other customer
					 information; except the utility may share such information with an affiliated
					 corporation as defined in §
										RSA 25.5
					 of this title (relating to Definitions), or other third-party entity, if the
					 information is to be used only for the purpose of:
(1) Providing electric utility service to the
				  customer; or
(2) Other
				  customer-approved services.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter B - CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROTECTION › Section 25.45 - Low-Income List Administrator

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Purpose. The purpose of this section is to define the responsibilities of the
				  Low-Income List Administrator (LILA) to establish and maintain a list of
				  eligible low-income customers and to specify the process for a retail electric
				  provider (REP) who voluntarily seeks to obtain the low-income customer
				  identification service from the LILA pursuant to Public Utility Regulatory Act
				  (PURA) §17.007.
(b)
				  Application. This section applies to the LILA, which has been contracted by the
				  commission to administer aspects of the low-income customer identification
				  process established under PURA §17.007 in cooperation with the Texas
				  Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). This section also applies to REPs
				  that provide retail electric service in an area that has been opened to
				  customer choice and that voluntarily seek to obtain the low-income customer
				  identification service from the LILA.
(c) Customer identification process. The LILA
				  must identify eligible low-income customers through a monthly automatic
				  identification process in cooperation with the HHSC.
(1) Automatic identification is an electronic
				  process to identify customers eligible for the low-income list by matching
				  client data from the HHSC with residential customer-specific data from
				  participating REPs.
(A) The HHSC must provide
				  client information to the LILA in accordance with subsection (d)(1) of this
				  section.
(B) REPs must provide
				  customer information to the LILA in accordance with subsection (d)(3) of this
				  section.
(C) The LILA shall compare
				  the customer information from the HHSC and REPs, create files of matching
				  customers and notify the REPs of their eligible customers.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter C - INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELIABILITY › Section 25.51 - Power Quality

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Voltage
				  variation.
(1) Standard nominal voltages to
				  be adopted. In addition to the nominal voltages that each electric utility has
				  already adopted, each nominal voltage adopted by an electric utility after
				  approval of this rule shall be a voltage indicated by the version of the
				  American National Standards Institute, Incorporated (ANSI) Standard C84.1,
				  Electrical Power Systems and Equipment-Voltage Ratings (60Hz), or equivalent
				  ANSI standard as later amended, in effect at the time of adoption of the
				  nominal voltages. An electric utility may adopt different nominal voltages to
				  serve specific customers if such action does not compromise prudent
				  transmission and distribution system operation.
(2) Nominal voltage limitations. So far as
				  technologically practicable, each electric utility shall maintain its standard
				  distribution system nominal voltages within the limits specified in the current
				  version of ANSI Standard C84.1, or equivalent ANSI standard as later amended.
				  Each electric utility offering service at transmission voltages to customers
				  who have their own transformation equipment shall maintain such voltages within
				  a range of plus or minus 10% of its adopted nominal voltages. Variations in
				  distribution system voltage in excess of the limits specified in ANSI C84.1 and
				  transmission system voltages in excess of plus or minus 10% caused by action of
				  the elements and infrequent and unavoidable fluctuations of short duration due
				  to station or system operation shall not be considered violations of this
				  subsection.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter C - INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELIABILITY › Section 25.52 - Reliability and Continuity of Service

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Application. This section applies to all electric utilities as defined by
				  §
										RSA
				  25.5<subdiv>(41)</subdiv> of this
				  title (relating to Definitions) and all transmission and distribution utilities
				  as defined by §
										RSA
				  25.5<subdiv>(137)</subdiv> of
				  this title. When specifically stated, this section also applies to electric
				  cooperatives and municipally-owned utilities (MOUs). The term "utility" as used
				  in this section means an electric utility and a transmission and distribution
				  utility.
(b) General.
(1) Every utility must make all reasonable
				  efforts to prevent interruptions of service. When interruptions occur, the
				  utility must reestablish service within the shortest possible time.
(2) Each utility must make reasonable
				  provisions to manage emergencies resulting from failure of service, and each
				  utility must issue instructions to its employees covering procedures to be
				  followed in the event of emergency in order to prevent or mitigate interruption
				  or impairment of service.
(3) In
				  the event of national emergency or local disaster resulting in disruption of
				  normal service, the utility may, in the public interest, interrupt service to
				  other customers to provide necessary service to civil defense or other
				  emergency service entities on a temporary basis until normal service to these
				  agencies can be restored.
(4) Each
				  utility must maintain adequately trained and experienced personnel throughout
				  its service area so that the utility is able to fully and adequately comply
				  with the service quality and reliability standards.
(5) With regard to system reliability, a
				  utility must not neglect any local neighborhood or geographic area, including
				  rural areas, communities of less than 1,000 persons, and low-income
				  areas.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter C - INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELIABILITY › Section 25.53 - Electric Service Emergency Operations Plans

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Application. This section applies to an
				  electric utility, transmission and distribution utility, power generation
				  company (PGC), municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, and retail
				  electric provider (REP), and to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas
				  (ERCOT).
(b) Definitions.
(1) Annex -- a section of an emergency
				  operations plan that addresses how an entity plans to respond in an emergency
				  involving a specified type of hazard or threat.
(2) Drill -- an operations-based exercise
				  that is a coordinated, supervised activity employed to test an entity's EOP or
				  a portion of an entity's EOP. A drill may be used to develop or test new
				  policies or procedures or to practice and maintain current skills.
(3) Emergency -- a situation in which the
				  known, potential consequences of a hazard or threat are sufficiently imminent
				  and severe that an entity should take prompt action to prepare for and reduce
				  the impact of harm that may result from the hazard or threat. The term includes
				  an emergency declared by local, state, or federal government, or ERCOT or
				  another reliability coordinator designated by the North American Electric
				  Reliability Corporation and that is applicable to the entity.
(4) Entity -- an electric utility,
				  transmission and distribution utility, PGC, municipally owned utility, electric
				  cooperative, REP, or ERCOT.
(5)
				  Hazard -- a natural, technological, or human-caused condition that is
				  potentially dangerous or harmful to life, information, operations, the
				  environment, or property, including a condition that is potentially harmful to
				  the continuity of electric service.
(6) Threat -- the intention and capability of
				  an individual or organization to harm life, information, operations, the
				  environment, or property, including harm to the continuity of electric
				  service.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter C - INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELIABILITY › Section 25.54 - Cease and Desist Orders

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Application.
				  This section is applicable to electric utilities, transmission and distribution
				  utilities, power generation companies, retail electric providers, municipally
				  owned utilities, electric cooperatives, the independent system operator, and
				  any other person regulated under the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA)
				  Subtitle B, collectively referred to as "market participants," and shall refer
				  to the definitions provided in PURA §11.003 and §31.002.
(b) Authority to issue order. The commission
				  or the executive director, who has been authorized pursuant to subsection (c)
				  of this section, may issue a cease and desist order if the commission or
				  executive director determines that the alleged conduct of a market participant
				  meets one or more of the following conditions:
(1) The conduct poses a threat to continuous
				  and adequate electric service;
(2)
				  The conduct is hazardous;
(3) The
				  conduct creates an immediate danger to the public safety; or
(4) The conduct is causing or can be
				  reasonably expected to cause an immediate injury to a customer of electric
				  services and that the injury is incapable of being repaired or rectified by
				  monetary compensation.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter C - INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELIABILITY › Section 25.55 - Weather Emergency Preparedness

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Application. This section applies to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas,
				  Inc. (ERCOT) and to generation entities and transmission service providers
				  (TSPs) in the ERCOT power region.
(1) A
				  generation resource with an ERCOT-approved notice of suspension of operations
				  for the summer season or winter season is not required to comply with this
				  section until the return to service date identified in its notice of change of
				  generation resource designation required under the ERCOT protocols.
(2) A new or repowered resource scheduled to
				  begin commercial operations during the summer season or winter season or a
				  transmission facility scheduled for initial energization during the summer
				  season or winter season must meet the requirements of this section prior to
				  either the commissioning date established in the ERCOT interconnection process
				  for generation resources or initial energization for transmission facilities,
				  as applicable.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter C - INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELIABILITY › Section 25.57 - Power Outage Alert Criteria

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Purpose and Applicability. This section establishes criteria for the
				  activation, content, and termination of regional and statewide power outage
				  alerts as required by Tex. Gov't Code § 411.301(b). This section applies
				  to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and to transmission
				  service providers in power regions in Texas other than the ERCOT
				  region.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Load shed instructions--Directives given
				  by a reliability coordinator to a transmission service provider or its agent to
				  reduce firm load along its systems by a prescribed amount.
(2) System-wide--The entirety of a power
				  region.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter C - INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELIABILITY › Section 25.62 - Transmission and Distribution System Resiliency Plans

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose and applicability. This section
				  allows an electric utility that owns and operates a transmission or
				  distribution system to file a resiliency plan to enhance the resiliency of the
				  electric utility's transmission and distribution system. The requirements of
				  this section will be construed, to the extent practicable, to reflect the
				  following:
(1) Each transmission and
				  distribution system has different system characteristics and faces different
				  resiliency events and resiliency-related risks. The ability to precisely
				  define, measure, and address these events and risks varies. Terms such as
				  "event," "risk," "criteria," and "metric" will be construed pragmatically to
				  provide each utility with the flexibility to develop a well-tailored and
				  systematic approach to improving the resiliency of its system.
(2) A utility seeking approval of a
				  resiliency plan bears the burden of proof on each aspect of its resiliency
				  plan. Nothing in this section categorically limits the type of evidence that a
				  utility may use to meet this burden. The weight given to each piece of evidence
				  will be determined by the commission on a case-by-case basis based on the
				  relevant facts and circumstances. Provisions contained in this section
				  addressing the weight of certain types of evidence are advisory
				  only.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.71 - General Procedures, Requirements and Penalties

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Who shall file. The record-keeping,
				  reporting, and filing requirements listed in this subchapter shall apply to all
				  electric utilities operating in the State of Texas. This subchapter does not
				  apply to municipally owned utilities or electric cooperatives unless otherwise
				  specified. Moreover, the provisions of this subchapter are applicable to all
				  services provided by the reporting entity.
(b) Initial reporting. Unless otherwise
				  specified in a section of this subchapter, periodic reporting shall commence as
				  follows:
(1) Quarterly reporting. For
				  records, reports and other required information under this chapter, reporting
				  shall begin with an initial filing for the first fiscal quarter for which
				  information is available.
(2)
				  Annual Reporting. For all reports and other required information under this
				  chapter, reporting shall begin with an initial filing for the most recent
				  fiscal year ending on or prior to April 30 of the first year the record, report
				  or other required information must be filed with the commission.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.72 - Uniform System of Accounts

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Each
				  electric utility and electric cooperative shall keep uniform accounts, in
				  accordance with this section, of all business transacted. The classification of
				  electric utilities and electric cooperatives, index of accounts, definitions,
				  and general instructions pertaining to each uniform system of accounts as
				  amended from time to time shall be adhered to at all times, unless provided
				  otherwise by these rules, or specifically permitted by the
				  commission.
(b) Classification. For
				  the purposes of accounting and reporting to the commission under this
				  subchapter, each electric utility or electric cooperative shall be classified
				  as follows:
(1) Major: electric utilities or
				  electric cooperatives that had in each of the last three consecutive years
				  sales or transmission service that exceeded any one or more of the following:
(A) one million megawatt-hours of total
				  sales;
(B) 100 megawatt-hours of
				  sales for resale;
(C) 500
				  megawatt-hours of gross interchange out; or
(D) 500 megawatt-hours of wheeling for others
				  (deliveries plus losses).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.73 - Financial and Operating Reports

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Annual reports.
(1) Each electric utility
				  shall file with the commission the same annual report required by the Federal
				  Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Such annual reports shall be filed with
				  the commission on the same dates as required to be filed with the FERC. Major
				  electric utilities that are not required to file such reports shall file with
				  the commission an annual report on the form prescribed by the FERC.
(2) Each electric utility holding company
				  subject to annual reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission and each
				  electric utility shall file with the commission three copies of its annual
				  report to shareholders and customers. Unless included in the annual report to
				  shareholders and customers, each electric utility shall file concurrently with
				  the filing of such report three copies of any audited financial statements that
				  may have been prepared on its behalf.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.74 - Report on Change in Control, Sale of Property, Purchase of Stock, or Loan

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Pursuant to Public Utility Regulatory Act
				  (PURA) §39.262(l) - (m) and §39.915, an electric utility must report
				  to and obtain approval of the commission before closing any transaction in
				  which:
(1) the electric utility will be
				  merged or consolidated with another electric utility;
(2) at least 50% of the stock of the electric
				  utility will be transferred or sold; or
(3) a controlling interest or operational
				  control of the electric utility will be transferred.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.76 - Gross Receipts Assessment Report

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Each electric utility, electric cooperative, and retail
					 electric provider subject to the jurisdiction of the commission shall file a
					 gross receipts assessment report with the state comptroller reflecting those
					 gross receipts subject to the assessment as required by the Public Utility
					 Regulatory Act on a form prescribed by the state comptroller. This report shall
					 be required on an annual basis for those companies that have elected to remit
					 their assessment annually and on a quarterly basis for those companies that
					 have elected to remit their assessment quarterly. Such reports and assessments
					 shall be remitted in accordance with the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Chapter
					 16, Subchapter A.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.77 - Payments, Compensation, and Other Expenditures

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
An annual report shall be filed with the commission
					 providing information for each of the following classes of payments,
					 compensation (other than salary or wages subject to the withholding of federal
					 income tax) and expenditures made relating to matters in Texas, and detailing
					 (by payee) each expenditure (and for the purposes of this section any series of
					 expenditures) made to a single payee exceeding $500 for:
(1) business gifts and
				  entertainment;
(2) institutional,
				  consumption-inducing, and other advertising expenses;
(3) public relations expenses;
(4) legislative matters, including advocacy
				  before any legislative body;
(5)
				  representation before any governmental agency or body, including
				  municipalities;
(6) legal expenses
				  not accounted for in other categories of this subsection;
(7) charitable, civic, religious, and
				  political contributions and donations;
(8) all dues or membership fees paid,
				  including an identification of that portion of those dues or membership fees
				  paid to a trade association, industry group, or other organization formed to
				  advance, or whose activities are or become primarily directed toward advancing,
				  utility interests, which relate to activities listed in paragraphs (1)-(7) of
				  this section if known following reasonable inquiry by the utility;
				  and
(9) other expenses as deemed
				  appropriate by the commission.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.78 - State Agency Utility Account Information

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Application. The requirements of this
				  section shall apply to any electric utility, including a municipally-owned
				  electric utility.
(b) In this
				  section, "State agency" shall have the following meaning:
(1) any board, commission, department,
				  office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government that is
				  created by the constitution or a statute of the state;
(2) an institution of higher education as
				  defined by the Education Code §
											RSA
				  61.003, other than a public junior
				  college;
(3) the legislature or a
				  legislative agency; or
(4) the
				  Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, a court of
				  civil appeals, a state judicial agency, or the State Bar of Texas.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.79 - Equal Opportunity Reports

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  term "minority group members," when used within this section, shall include
				  only members of the following groups:
(1)
				  African-Americans;
(2) American
				  Indians;
(3)
				  Asian-Americans;
(4)
				  Hispanic-Americans and other Americans of Hispanic origin; and
(5) women.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.80 - Annual Report on Historically Underutilized Businesses

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) In this section, "historically
				  underutilized business" has the same meaning as in Texas Government Code,
				  §
										RSA
				  481.191, as it may be amended.
(b) Every electric utility shall report its
				  use of historically underutilized businesses (HUBs) to the commission on a form
				  approved by the commission. An electric utility may submit the report on paper,
				  or on paper and on a diskette (in Lotus 1-2-3 (*utility name.wk*) or Microsoft
				  Excel (*utility name.xl*) format).
(1) Each
				  electric utility shall on or before December 30 of each year submit to the
				  commission a comprehensive annual report detailing its use of HUBs for the four
				  quarters ending on September 30 of the year the report is filed, using the
				  Large Utilities HUB Report form.
(2) Each electric utility wishing to report
				  indirect HUB procurements or HUB procurements made by the contractor of the
				  utility may use the Supplemental HUB report form.
(3) Each electric utility shall submit a text
				  description of how it determined which of its vendors is a HUB.
(4) Each electric utility that has more than
				  1,000 customers in a state other than Texas, or which purchases more than 10%
				  of its goods and services (other than fuel, purchased power, and wheeling) from
				  vendors not located in Texas, shall separately report by total and category all
				  electric utility purchases, all electric utility purchases from Texas vendors,
				  and all electric utility purchases from Texas HUB vendors. A vendor is
				  considered a Texas vendor if its physical location is situated within the
				  boundaries of Texas.
(5) Each
				  electric utility shall also file any other documents it believes appropriate to
				  convey an accurate impression of its use of HUBs.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.81 - Service Quality Reports

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Each electric utility shall submit annual service quality
					 reports no later than February 14 of each year on a form prescribed by the
					 commission.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.82 - Fuel Cost and Use Information

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Copies of all presently effective and future fuel purchase
					 or sale contracts shall be available for examination or filed with the
					 commission on request. Each generating electric utility, including municipally
					 owned generating electric utilities, shall file monthly fuel reports on forms
					 prescribed by the commission.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.83 - Transmission Construction Reports

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  General. Each electric utility constructing a facility that requires reporting
				  to the commission under §
										RSA
				  25.101 of this title (relating to
				  Certification Criteria) shall file the reports on the commission-prescribed
				  forms. The commission may require additional facts or information other than
				  those required in commission forms or this section. Nothing in this section
				  should be construed as a limitation of the commission's authority as set forth
				  in the Public Utility Regulatory Act. All reports required in this section
				  shall be filed in a project established by the commission. Projects that shall
				  be reported include:
(1) projects that
				  require a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) under §
											RSA
				  25.101<subdiv>(b)(3)</subdiv> of
				  this title;
(2) projects that do
				  not require a CCN as identified in §
											RSA
				  25.101<subdiv>(c)(3) and
				  (5)</subdiv> of this title; and
(3) other transmission related projects with
				  an estimated cost exceeding $250,000.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.84 - Reporting of Affiliate Transactions for Electric Utilities

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. This section establishes
				  reporting requirements for transactions between utilities and their
				  affiliates.
(b) Application. This
				  section applies to:
(1) electric utilities
				  operating in the State of Texas as defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Act
				  (PURA) §31.002(6), and transactions or activities between electric
				  utilities and their affiliates, as defined in PURA §11.003(2);
				  and
(2) transmission and
				  distribution utilities operating in a qualifying power region in the State of
				  Texas as defined in PURA §31.002(19) upon commission certification of a
				  qualifying power region pursuant to PURA §39.152, and transactions or
				  activities between transmission and distribution utilities and their
				  affiliates, as defined in PURA §11.003(2).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.88 - Retail Market Performance Measure Reporting

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. This section establishes
				  reporting requirements to allow the commission to obtain information to be used
				  for evaluation of the performance of the retail electric market in
				  Texas.
(b) Application. This
				  section applies to:
(1) Electric Reliability
				  Council of Texas (ERCOT) as defined in Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA)
				  §31.002(5) and §
											RSA
				  25.5<subdiv>(5)</subdiv> and of
				  this title (relating to Definitions);
(2) Retail electric providers (REPs) as
				  defined in PURA §31.002(17) and §
											RSA
				  25.5<subdiv>(17)</subdiv> and of
				  this title (relating to Definitions); and
(3) Transmission and distribution utilities
				  (TDUs) operating in a qualifying power region in the State of Texas where
				  customer choice has been introduced as defined in PURA §31.002(19) and
				  §
											RSA
				  25.5<subdiv>(19)</subdiv> and of
				  this title (relating to Definitions), except transmission service providers
				  that provide only wholesale transmission.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.89 - Report of Loads and Resources

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Each transmission service customer that submits an annual
					 report of loads and resources to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas
					 independent system operator pursuant to §
										RSA
					 25.198<subdiv>(l)</subdiv> of
					 this title (relating to Initiating Transmission Service) or other reliability
					 council shall file a copy with the commission and maintain a copy of supporting
					 documentation for five years. If no such annual report is prepared, the
					 transmission service customer shall maintain a record of the load and resource
					 documents prepared in the normal course of its activities for five
					 years.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.91 - Generating Capacity Reports

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Application. This section applies to each person, power generation company,
				  municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, and river authority that owns
				  generation facilities and offers electricity for sale in this state. This
				  section does not apply to an electric utility subject to Public Utility
				  Regulatory Act (PURA) §39.102(c) until the end of the utility's rate
				  freeze.
(b) Definitions. The
				  following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following
				  meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Nameplate rating - The full-load
				  continuous rating of a generator under specified conditions as designated by
				  the manufacturer.
(2) Summer net
				  dependable capability - The net capability of a generating unit in megawatts
				  (MW) for daily planning and operational purposes during the summer peak season,
				  as determined in accordance with requirements of the reliability council or
				  independent organization in which the unit operates.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION › Section 25.93 - Wholesale Electricity Transaction Information

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. The purposes of this section are
				  to:
(1) Deter market power abuses and
				  anticompetitive behavior by increasing wholesale market transparency with
				  respect to bilateral contracts for delivery of electricity; and
(2) Improve the commission's ability to
				  investigate allegations of market power abuse and anticompetitive behavior that
				  may arise with respect to the wholesale electricity market.