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Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 40 Competition For Municipally Owned Utilities And River AuthoritiesLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Utilities Code > Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 40 Competition For Municipally Owned Utilities And River Authorities (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except Sections 39.155, 39.157(e), 39.203, 39.903, and 39.904, this chapter governs the transition to and the establishment of ... For purposes of this chapter, "body vested with the power to manage and operate a municipally owned utility" means a body created in accordance with ... (a) Municipally owned utilities and river authorities may adopt and use securitization provisions having the effect of the provisions provided by Subchapter G, Chapter 39, ... Except as specifically otherwise provided in this chapter, the commission has jurisdiction over municipally owned utilities only for the following purposes: (1) to regulate wholesale ... (a) The municipal governing body or a body vested with the power to manage and operate a municipally owned utility has the discretion to decide ... (a) A municipally owned utility that has not chosen to participate in customer choice may not offer electric energy at unregulated prices directly to retail ... (a) If a municipally owned utility chooses to participate in customer choice, after that choice all retail customers served by the municipally owned utility within ... (a) A municipally owned utility participating in customer choice shall have the right to offer electric energy and related services at unregulated prices directly to ... (a) The municipal governing body or a body vested with the power to manage and operate a municipally owned utility has exclusive jurisdiction to: (1) ... (a) If, on complaint by a retail electric provider, the commission finds that a municipal rule, action, or order relating to customer choice is anticompetitive ... (a) A municipally owned utility that opts for customer choice may continue to bill directly electric customers located in its certificated retail service area, as ... A municipally owned utility that owns or operates transmission and distribution facilities shall file with the commission tariffs implementing the open access rules established by ... (a) In this section, "member city" means a municipality that participated in the creation of a municipal power agency formed under Chapter 163 by the ... Nothing in this chapter empowers a municipal governing body or a body vested with the power to manage and operate a municipally owned utility to ... (a) This subtitle may not interfere with or abrogate the rights or obligations of parties, including a retail or wholesale customer, to a contract with ... Nothing in this subtitle shall limit the access of municipally owned utilities to the wholesale electric market. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, ... Nothing in this subtitle or any rule adopted under this subtitle shall impair contracts, covenants, or obligations between this state, river authorities, municipalities, and the ... Nothing in this subtitle may impair the tax-exempt status of municipalities, electric cooperatives, or river authorities, nor shall anything in this subtitle compel any municipality, ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |