Tex. Util. Code § 37.156 · Subchapter D. REGULATION OF SERVICES, AREAS, AND FACILITIES

INTERFERENCE WITH ANOTHER UTILITY.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

If an electric utility constructing or extending the utility's lines, plant, or system interferes or attempts to interfere with the operation of a line, plant, or system of another utility, the commission by order may:

(1) prohibit the construction or extension; or

(2) prescribe terms for locating the affected lines, plants, or systems.

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.37.htm
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