Tex. Util. Code § 163.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Electric facility" means a facility necessary or incidental to generating or transmitting electric power and energy, including:
(A) a generating unit or plant or a plant site;
(B) transmission lines;
(C) a right-of-way or other right relating to a facility; and
(D) property and equipment.
(2) "Entity" means a person who engages in the authorized generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale to the public.
(3) "Private entity" means an entity that is not a public entity.
(4) "Public entity" means an entity that is an agency or political subdivision of this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.163.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 278e89d2818eb7aa2617355bbdc32d9ffd2934b6db28772b4afbb8b127c087dc
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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