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Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 35 Alternative Energy ProvidersLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Utilities Code > Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 35 Alternative Energy Providers In this subchapter, "electric utility" includes a municipally owned utility and an electric cooperative. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ... A provider of generation, including an electric utility affiliate, exempt wholesale generator, and qualifying facility, may compete for the business of selling power. Acts 1997, ... (a) An electric utility may purchase power from an affiliate in accordance with this title. (b) An electric utility may not grant an undue preference ... (a) An electric utility or transmission and distribution utility that owns or operates transmission facilities shall provide wholesale transmission service at rates and terms, including ... (a) The commission may require an electric utility to provide transmission service at wholesale to another electric utility, a qualifying facility, an exempt wholesale generator, ... (a) The commission shall adopt rules relating to wholesale transmission service, rates, and access. The rules: (1) must be consistent with the standards in this ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an electric utility that owns or operates a transmission facility shall file a tariff in compliance with commission ... The commission may require that each party to a dispute concerning prices or terms of wholesale transmission service engage in a nonbinding alternative dispute resolution ... An exempt wholesale generator or power marketer may sell electric energy only at wholesale. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ... (a) An exempt wholesale generator or power marketer that sells electric energy in this state shall, not later than the 30th day after the date ... An affiliate of an electric utility may be an exempt wholesale generator or power marketer and may sell electric energy to its affiliated electric utility ... (a) Unless an electric utility receives commission approval under Subsection (b), the utility may not sell or transfer a facility to an affiliate or otherwise ... (a) A transfer of assets from an electric utility to an affiliated exempt wholesale generator or power marketer shall be valued at the greater of ... The commission shall adopt and enforce rules to encourage the economical production of electric energy by qualifying facilities. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § ... (a) An electric utility or a qualifying facility may submit to the commission for certification a copy of an agreement between the utility and facility ... (a) The commission, on its own motion or on the request of a party to the agreement or another affected person, may conduct a hearing ... The commission shall certify an agreement submitted under Section 35.062 if the agreement: (1) provides for payments over the contract term that are equal to ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commission shall make its determination regarding whether a certification should be granted under Section 35.064 not later ... A certification of an agreement granted under this subchapter is effective until the earlier of: (1) the expiration date of the agreement; or (2) the ... In this subchapter: (1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (2) "Public retail customer" means a retail customer that is an agency ... (a) The commissioner, acting on behalf of the state, may sell or otherwise convey power or natural gas generated from royalties taken in kind as ... (a) Except as provided in Section 35.104, the state is entitled to have access to all transmission and distribution systems of all electric utilities, transmission ... Sections 35.102 and 35.103 do not apply to the rates, retail service area, facilities, or public retail customers of a municipally owned electric utility that ... This subchapter does not prevent the commissioner, acting on behalf of this state, from registering as a power marketer. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ... If pipeline capacity is available on an existing facility of a gas utility or municipally owned utility, a gas utility or a municipally owned utility ... Texas Lawyers
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