Texas Utilities Code - Section 17.005. Protections For Customers Of Municipally Owned Utilities
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§ 17.005. PROTECTIONS FOR CUSTOMERS OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED
UTILITIES. A municipally owned utility may not be deemed to be a
"service provider" or "billing agent" for purposes of Sections
17.156(b) and (e). The governing body of a municipally owned
utility shall adopt, implement, and enforce rules that shall have
the effect of accomplishing the objectives set out in Sections
17.004(a) and (b) and 17.102, as to the municipally owned utility
within its certificated service area. The governing body of a
municipally owned utility or its designee shall perform the dispute
resolution function provided for by Section 17.157 for disputes
arising from services provided by the municipally owned utility to
electric customers served within the municipally owned utility's
certificated service area. With respect to electric customers
served by a municipally owned utility outside its certificated
service area or otherwise served through others' distribution
facilities, after retail competition begins as authorized by the
legislature, the provisions of this chapter as administered by the
commission apply. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply
to a wholesale customer of a municipally owned utility.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1579, § 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.
Section: 16.042 16.043 16.044 17.001 17.002 17.003 17.004 17.005 17.006 17.007 17.008 17.009 17.051 17.052 17.053
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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