Tex. Util. Code § 37.055 · Subchapter B. CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An electric utility that wants to exercise a right or privilege under a franchise or permit that the utility anticipates obtaining but has not been granted may apply to the commission for a preliminary order under this section.
(b) The commission may issue a preliminary order declaring that the commission, on application and under commission rules, will grant the requested certificate on terms the commission designates, after the electric utility obtains the franchise or permit.
(c) The commission shall grant the certificate on presentation of evidence satisfactory to the commission that the electric utility has obtained the franchise or permit.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
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. 3, eff. May 16, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.37.htm
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