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 25.85 - Report of Workforce Diversity and Other Business Practices

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. This section establishes annual
				  reporting requirements for electric utilities to report its progress and
				  efforts to improve workforce diversity and contracting opportunities for small
				  and historically underutilized businesses from its five-year plan filed
				  pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §39.909(b).
(b) Application. This section applies to
				  electric utilities, as defined in PURA §31.002(6) and subject to the
				  requirements of PURA §39.909(c), doing business in the State of
				  Texas.
(c) Terminology. In this
				  section, "small business" and "historically underutilized business" have the
				  meanings assigned by Texas Government Code §
										RSA
				  481.191.
(d) Annual progress report of workforce and
				  supplier contracting diversity. An "Annual Progress Report on Five-Year Plan to
				  Enhance Supplier and Workforce Diversity" shall be filed annually with the
				  commission. The report shall be filed on or before December 30 of each year for
				  the four prior quarters ending on September 30 of the year the report is
				  filed.
(e) Filing requirements.
				  Four copies of the Annual Progress Report on Five Year Plan to Enhance Supplier
				  and Workforce Diversity shall be filed with the commission's filing clerk under
				  the project number assigned by the Public Utility Commission's Central Records
				  Office for that year's filings. Electric utilities shall obtain the project
				  number by contacting Central Records. A copy of the annual report shall also be
				  sent to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of
				  Representatives, and the African-American and Hispanic Caucus offices of the
				  Texas Legislature.
(f) Contents of
				  the report. The annual report filed with the commission pursuant to this
				  section may be filed using the Workforce and Supplier Contracting Diversity
				  form or an alternative format and shall contain at a minimum the following
				  information:
(1) An illustration of the
				  diversity of the electric utility's workforce at the time of the report. If the
				  electric utility is required to file an Equal Opportunity Report pursuant to
				  §
											RSA
				  25.79 of this title (relating to Equal
				  Opportunity Reports), a copy of that document may be attached to this report to
				  satisfy the requirements of this paragraph.
(2) A description of the specific progress
				  made under the workforce diversity plan filed pursuant to PURA §39.909(b),
				  including:
(A) the specific initiatives,
				  programs, and activities undertaken during the preceding year; and
(B) an assessment of the success of each of
				  those initiatives, programs, and activities.
(3) An explanation of the electric utility's
				  level of contracting with small and historically underutilized
				  businesses.
(4) The extent to which
				  the electric utility has carried out its initiatives to facilitate
				  opportunities for contracts or joint ventures with small and historically
				  underutilized businesses.
(5) A
				  description of the initiatives, programs, and activities the electric utility
				  will pursue during the next year to increase the diversity of its workforce and
				  contracting opportunities for small and historically underutilized
				  businesses.