Texas Utilities Code Title 2, Chapter 14 - Jurisdiction And Powers Of Commission And Other Regulatory Authorities

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL POWERS OF COMMISSION

• Texas Section 14.001 - Power To Regulate And Supervise
  The commission has the general power to regulate and supervise the business of each public utility within its jurisdiction and to do anything specifically designated...
• Texas Section 14.002 - Rules
  The commission shall adopt and enforce rules reasonably required in the exercise of its powers and jurisdiction. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1,...
• Texas Section 14.0025 - Negotiated Rulemaking And Alternative Dispute Resolution
  (a) The commission shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of: (1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code, for the...
• Texas Section 14.003 - Commission Powers Relating To Reports
  The commission may: (1) require a public utility to report to the commission information relating to: (A) the utility; and (B) a transaction between the...
• Texas Section 14.004 - Report Of Substantial Interest
  The commission may require disclosure of the identity and respective interests of each owner of at least one percent of the voting securities of a...
• Texas Section 14.005 - Criteria And Guidelines Governing Termination Of Services To Elderly And Disabled
  The commission may establish criteria and guidelines with the utility industry relating to industry procedures used in terminating services to the elderly and disabled. Acts...
• Texas Section 14.006 - Interference With Terms Or Conditions Of Employment; Presumption Of Reasonableness
  The commission may not interfere with employee wages and benefits, working conditions, or other terms or conditions of employment that are the product of a...
• Texas Section 14.007 - Assistance To Municipality
  On request by the governing body of a municipality, the commission may provide commission employees as necessary to advise and consult with the municipality on...

SUBCHAPTER B PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

• Texas Section 14.008 - Municipal Franchises
  (a) This title does not restrict the rights and powers of a municipality to grant or refuse a franchise to use the streets and alleys...
• Texas Section 14.051 - Procedural Powers
  The commission may: (1) call and hold a hearing; (2) administer an oath; (3) receive evidence at a hearing; (4) issue a subpoena to compel...
• Texas Section 14.052 - Rules
  (a) The commission shall adopt and enforce rules governing practice and procedure before the commission and, as applicable, practice and procedure before the State Office...
• Texas Section 14.053 - Powers And Duties Of State Office Of Administrative Hearings
  (a) The State Office of Administrative Hearings shall conduct each hearing in a contested case that is not conducted by one or more commissioners. (b)...
• Texas Section 14.054 - Settlements
  (a) The commission by rule shall adopt procedures governing the use of settlements to resolve contested cases. (b) Rules adopted under this section must ensure...
• Texas Section 14.055 - Record Of Proceedings
  The regulatory authority shall keep a record of each proceeding before the authority. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
• Texas Section 14.056 - Right To Be Heard
  Each party to a proceeding before a regulatory authority is entitled to be heard by attorney or in person. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166,...
• Texas Section 14.057 - Orders Of Commission; Transcripts And Exhibits; Public Records
  (a) A commission order must be in writing and contain detailed findings of the facts on which it is passed. (b) The commission shall retain...
• Texas Section 14.058 - Fees For Electronic Access To Information
  The fees charged by the commission for electronic access to information that is stored in the system established by the commission using funds from the...

SUBCHAPTER C RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

• Texas Section 14.059 - Technology Policy
  The commission shall implement a policy requiring the commission to use appropriate technological solutions to improve the commission's ability to perform its functions. The policy...
• Texas Section 14.101 - Report Of Certain Transactions; Commission Consideration
  (a) Unless a public utility reports the transaction to the commission within a reasonable time, the public utility may not: (1) sell, acquire, or lease...
• Texas Section 14.102 - Report Of Purchase Of Voting Stock In Public Utility
  A public utility may not purchase voting stock in another public utility doing business in this state unless the utility reports the purchase to the...

SUBCHAPTER D RECORDS

• Texas Section 14.103 - Report Of Loan To Stockholders
  A public utility may not loan money, stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness to a person who directly or indirectly owns or holds...
• Texas Section 14.151 - Records Of Public Utility
  (a) Each public utility shall keep and provide to the regulatory authority, in the manner and form prescribed by the commission, uniform accounts of all...
• Texas Section 14.152 - Maintenance Of Office And Records In This State
  (a) Each public utility shall maintain an office in this state in a county in which some part of the utility's property is located. The...
• Texas Section 14.153 - Communications With Regulatory Authority
  (a) The regulatory authority shall adopt rules governing communications with the regulatory authority or a member or employee of the regulatory authority by: (1) a...

SUBCHAPTER E AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS

• Texas Section 14.154 - Jurisdiction Over Affiliate
  (a) The commission has jurisdiction over an affiliate that has a transaction with a public utility under the commission's jurisdiction to the extent of access...
• Texas Section 14.201 - Inquiry Into Management And Affairs
  A regulatory authority may inquire into the management and affairs of each public utility and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method...
• Texas Section 14.202 - Management Audits By Commission
  (a) The commission shall: (1) inquire into the management of the business of each public utility under its jurisdiction; (2) keep itself informed as to...
• Texas Section 14.203 - Audit Of Accounts
  A regulatory authority may require the examination and audit of the accounts of a public or municipally owned utility. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166,...
• Texas Section 14.204 - Inspection
  (a) A regulatory authority and, to the extent authorized by the regulatory authority, its counsel, agent, or employee, may: (1) inspect and obtain copies of...
• Texas Section 14.205 - Examinations Under Oath
  In connection with an action taken under Section 14.204, the regulatory authority may: (1) examine under oath an officer, agent, or employee of a public...
• Texas Section 14.206 - Entering Premises Of Public Utility
  (a) A member, agent, or employee of a regulatory authority may enter the premises occupied by a public utility to conduct an inspection, examination, or...
• Texas Section 14.207 - Production Of Out-of-state Records
  (a) A regulatory authority may require, by order or subpoena served on a public utility, the production, at the time and place in this state...

Last modified: September 28, 2016