Tex. Util. Code § 44.001 · Chapter 44. GRID RESILIENCE
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "All hazards" means:
(A) terrestrial weather, including wind, hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, ice storms, extended cold weather events, heat waves, and wildfires;
(B) seismic events, including earthquakes and tsunamis;
(C) physical threats, including terrorist attacks with direct fire, drones, explosives, and other methods of physical sabotage;
(D) cyber attacks, including malware attacks and hacking of unprotected or compromised information technology networks;
(E) manipulation of operational technology devices, including sensors, actuators, and drives;
(F) electromagnetic threats through man-made radio frequency weapons, high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic pulses, and naturally occurring geomagnetic disturbances;
(G) electric generation supply chain vulnerabilities, including insecure or inadequate fuel transportation or storage; and
(H) insider threats caused by compromised or hostile personnel working within government or the utility industry.
(2) "Micro-grid" means a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources inside clearly defined electrical boundaries.
(3) "Public utility" means an entity that generates, transmits, or distributes electric energy to the public, including an electric utility, an electric cooperative, a municipally owned utility, and a river authority.
(4) "Security commission" means the Texas Grid Security Commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 760 (S.B. 75), Sec. 3, eff. June 20, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.44.htm
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- 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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