Sec. 36.205. PURCHASED POWER COST RECOVERY. (a) This section applies only to an increase or decrease in the cost of purchased electricity that has been:
(1) accepted by a federal regulatory authority; or
(2) approved after a hearing by the commission.
(b) The commission may use any appropriate method to provide for the adjustment of the cost of purchased electricity on terms determined by the commission.
(c) Purchased electricity costs may be recovered:
(1) concurrently with the effective date of the changed costs to the purchasing electric utility; or
(2) as soon after the effective date as reasonably practical.
(d) The commission may provide a mechanism to allow an electric utility that has a noncontiguous geographical service area and that purchases power for resale for that noncontiguous service area from electric utilities that are not members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to recover purchased power costs for the area in a manner that reflects the purchased power cost for that specific geographical noncontiguous area. The commission may not require an electric cooperative corporation to use the mechanism provided under this section unless the electric cooperative corporation requests its use.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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