Title UT, Utilities Code

Sec. 37.0521. EXCEPTION FOR RETAIL SALES BY CERTAIN QUALIFYING COGENERATORS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 37.001(3), a qualifying cogenerator may sell electric energy at retail to more than one purchaser of the cogenerator's thermal output. (b) Selling electric energy at retail to…

Sec. 37.053. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE. (a) An electric utility that wants to obtain or amend a certificate must submit an application to the commission. (b) The applicant shall file with the commission evidence the commission requires to show the applicant has received the con…

Sec. 37.054. NOTICE AND HEARING ON APPLICATION. (a) When an application for a certificate is filed, the commission shall: (1) give notice of the application to interested parties and to the office; and (2) if requested: (A) set a time and place for a hearing; and (B) give notice …

Sec. 37.0541. CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS. The commission shall consolidate the proceeding on an application to obtain or amend a certificate of convenience and necessity for the construction of a transmission line with the proceeding on another application to obtain or …

Sec. 37.055. REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY ORDER. (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) …

Sec. 37.056. GRANT OR DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE. (a) The commission may approve an application and grant a certificate only if the commission finds that the certificate is necessary for the service, accommodation, convenience, or safety of the public. (b) The commission may: (1) gran…

Sec. 37.0561. PLANNING FOR AND INTERCONNECTION OF LARGE LOADS. (a) For the purposes of this section, a large load customer includes an entity requesting an interconnection that exceeds the demand threshold adopted under Subsection (c) and a successor in interest to such an entity…

Sec. 37.057. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION FOR NEW TRANSMISSION FACILITY. The commission must approve or deny an application for a certificate for a new transmission facility not later than the 180th day after the date the application is filed. If the commission does not approve or de…

Sec. 37.058. CERTIFICATE AND DETERMINATION ISSUED TO CERTAIN NON-ERCOT UTILITIES FOR GENERATING FACILITY. (a) This section applies only to an electric utility that operates solely outside of ERCOT. (b) An electric utility may file with the commission a request that the commission…

Sec. 37.059. REVOCATION OR AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE. (a) The commission may revoke or amend a certificate after notice and hearing if the commission finds that the certificate holder has never provided or is no longer providing service in all or any part of the certificated area.…

Sec. 37.060. DIVISION OF MULTIPLY CERTIFICATED SERVICE AREAS. (a) This subsection and Subsections (b)-(g) apply only to areas in which each retail electric utility that is authorized to provide retail electric utility service to the area is providing customer choice. For purposes…

Sec. 37.061. EXISTING SERVICE AREA AGREEMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission shall allow a municipally owned utility to amend the service area boundaries of its certificate if: (1) the municipally owned utility was the holder of a certifica…

Sec. 37.101. SERVICE IN ANNEXED OR INCORPORATED AREA. (a) If an area is or will be included within a municipality as the result of annexation, incorporation, or another reason, each electric utility and each electric cooperative that holds or is entitled to hold a certificate und…

Sec. 37.102. GRANT OF CERTIFICATE FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) If a municipal corporation offers retail electric utility service in a municipality having a population of more than 151,000 that is located in a county having a population of more than 2.5 million, the commission …

Sec. 37.151. PROVISION OF SERVICE. Except as provided by Sections 37.152 and 37.153, a certificate holder shall: (1) serve every consumer in the utility's certificated area; and (2) provide continuous and adequate service in that area. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. …

Sec. 37.152. GROUNDS FOR REDUCTION OF SERVICE. (a) Unless the commission issues a certificate that the present and future convenience and necessity will not be adversely affected, a certificate holder may not discontinue, reduce, or impair service to any part of the holder's cert…

Sec. 37.153. REQUIRED REFUSAL OF SERVICE. A certificate holder shall refuse to serve a customer in the holder's certificated area if the holder is prohibited from providing the service under Section 212.012, 232.029, or 232.0291, Local Government Code. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1…

Sec. 37.154. TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE. (a) An electric utility or municipally owned utility may sell, assign, or lease a certificate or a right obtained under a certificate if the purchaser, assignee, or lessee is already certificated by the commission to provide electric service …

Sec. 37.155. APPLICATION OF CONTRACTS. A contract approved by the commission between retail electric utilities that designates areas and customers to be served by the utilities: (1) is valid and enforceable; and (2) shall be incorporated into the appropriate areas of certificatio…

Sec. 37.156. INTERFERENCE WITH ANOTHER UTILITY. 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 …

Sec. 37.157. MAPS. (a) An electric utility shall file with the commission one or more maps that show each utility facility and that separately illustrate each utility facility for the generation, transmission, or distribution of the utility's services on a date the commission ord…