Tex. Util. Code § 17.051 · Subchapter B. CERTIFICATION, REGISTRATION, AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
ADOPTION OF RULES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall adopt rules relating to certification, registration, and reporting requirements for a certificated telecommunications utility, a retail electric provider, or an electric utility, as well as all telecommunications utilities that are not dominant carriers, pay telephone providers, qualifying facilities that are selling capacity into the wholesale or retail market, exempt wholesale generators, and power marketers.
(b) The rules adopted under Subsections (a) and (c) shall be consistent with and no less effective than federal law and may not require the disclosure of highly sensitive competitive or trade secret information.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules governing the local registration of retail electric providers under Section 39.358.
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History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1579, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 48, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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