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Texas Utilities Code - Section 161.122. Provision Of Rural Electrification

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§ 161.122. PROVISION OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION.  An 
electric cooperative may engage in rural electrification by:
		(1)  furnishing electric energy to any person for 
delivery to a dwelling, structure, apparatus, or point of delivery 
that is:
			(A)  located in a rural area;  and                                           
			(B)  not receiving central station service, even 
if the person is receiving central station service at other points 
of delivery;
		(2)  furnishing electric energy to a person desiring 
that service in a municipality or unincorporated city or town, 
rural or nonrural, served by the cooperative and in which central 
station service was not available at the time the cooperative began 
furnishing electric energy to the residents of the municipality or 
unincorporated city or town;
		(3)  assisting in the wiring of the premises of persons 
in rural areas or the acquisition, supply, or installation of 
electrical or plumbing equipment in those premises;  or
		(4)  furnishing electric energy, wiring facilities, or 
electrical or plumbing equipment or service to another electric 
cooperative or to the members of another electric cooperative.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.                    

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