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Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 37 Certificates Of Convenience And NecessityLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Utilities Code > Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 37 Certificates Of Convenience And Necessity In this chapter: (1) "Certificate" means a certificate of convenience and necessity. (2) "Electric utility" includes an electric cooperative. (3) "Retail electric utility" means a ... (a) An electric utility may not directly or indirectly provide service to the public under a franchise or permit unless the utility first obtains from ... (a) An electric utility is not required to obtain a certificate for an: (1) extension into territory that is: (A) contiguous to the territory the ... (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 ... (a) When an application for a certificate is filed, the commission shall: (1) give notice of the application to interested parties; and (2) if requested: ... (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 ... (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, ... The commission must approve or deny an application for a certificate for a new transmission facility not later than the first anniversary of the date ... (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 ... (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 ... (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 ... (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 ... (a) If a municipal corporation offers retail electric utility service in a municipality having a population of more than 135,000 that is located in a ... Except as provided by this section, Section 37.152, and Section 37.153, a certificate holder shall: (1) serve every consumer in the utility's certificated area; and ... (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 ... 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 ... (a) An electric utility may sell, assign, or lease a certificate or a right obtained under a certificate if the commission determines that the purchaser, ... 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 ... 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, ... 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 ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |