Tex. Util. Code § 41.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter, the commission has jurisdiction over electric cooperatives only as follows:
(1) to regulate wholesale transmission rates and service, including terms of access, to the extent provided in Subchapter A, Chapter 35;
(2) to regulate certification to the extent provided in Chapter 37;
(3) to establish a code of conduct as provided in Section 39.157(e) subject to Section 41.054;
(4) to establish terms and conditions, but not rates, for open access to distribution facilities for electric cooperatives providing customer choice, as provided in Section 39.203;
(5) to require reports of electric cooperative operations only to the extent necessary to:
(A) ensure the public safety;
(B) enable the commission to satisfy its responsibilities relating to electric cooperatives under this chapter;
(C) enable the commission to determine the aggregate electric load and energy requirements in the state and the resources available to serve that load; or
(D) enable the commission to determine information relating to market power as provided in Section 39.155; and
(6) to evaluate and monitor the cybersecurity preparedness of an electric cooperative described by Section 39.1516(a)(3) or (4).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 610 (S.B. 936), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.41.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Utilities Code
- Tex. Util. Code ch. 35, subch. ACOMPETITION AND TRANSMISSION ACCESS IN THE WHOLESALE MARKETPrinted as Subchapter A, Chapter 35
- Tex. Util. Code ch. 37CERTIFICATES OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITYPrinted as Chapter 37
- Tex. Util. Code § 39.1516CYBERSECURITY MONITOR.Printed as Section 39.1516(a)(3)
- Tex. Util. Code § 39.155COMMISSION ASSESSMENT OF MARKET POWER.Printed as Section 39.155
- Tex. Util. Code § 39.157COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS MARKET POWER.Printed as Section 39.157(e)
- Tex. Util. Code § 39.203TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.Printed as Section 39.203
- Tex. Util. Code § 41.054SERVICE OUTSIDE CERTIFICATED AREA.Printed as Section 41.054
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