Definitions

Sec. 302.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Grantee" means a person, other than an electric utility, as defined by Section 31.002, who: (A) leases property from a landowner; and (B) operates a solar power facility on the property. (1-a) "Recycle" means the processing of an item to recover a usable product. (2) "Solar energy device" has the meaning assigned by Section 185.001. (3) "Solar power facility" includes: (A) a solar energy device; and (B) a facility or equipment, other than a facility or equipment owned by an electric utility, as defined by Section 31.002, used to support the operation of a solar energy device, including an underground or aboveground electrical transmission or communications line, an electric transformer, a battery energy storage facility or other energy storage facility, telecommunications equipment, a road, a meteorological tower, or a maintenance yard. (4) "Solar power facility agreement" means a lease agreement between a grantee and a landowner that authorizes the grantee to operate a solar power facility on the leased property. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 582 (S.B. 760), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 434 (H.B. 3228), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.