Texas Utilities Code Title 2, Chapter 32 - Jurisdiction And Powers Of Commission And Other Regulatory Authorities

SUBCHAPTER A COMMISSION JURISDICTION

• Texas Section 32.001 - Commission Jurisdiction
  (a) Except as provided by Section 32.002, the commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates, operations, and services of an electric utility in: (1)...
• Texas Section 32.0015 - Regulation Of Successor Electric Utility Or Electric Cooperative
  If an electric utility purchases, acquires, merges, or consolidates with or acquires 50 percent or more of the stock of an electric utility or electric...
• Texas Section 32.002 - Limitation On Commission Jurisdiction
  Except as otherwise provided by this title, this subtitle does not authorize the commission to: (1) regulate or supervise a rate or service of a...
• Texas Section 32.003 - Exempt Area Jurisdiction
  Notwithstanding an election under Subchapter A, Chapter 33, by a municipality on the issue of surrendering its jurisdiction, the commission may: (1) consider an electric...

SUBCHAPTER B EXEMPTIONS FROM COMMISSION JURISDICTION

• Texas Section 32.004 - Assistance To Municipality
  On request of a municipality, the commission may advise and assist the municipality with respect to a question or proceeding arising under this title. Assistance...
• Texas Section 32.051 - Exemption Of River Authority From Wholesale Rate Regulation
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission may not directly or indirectly regulate revenue requirements, rates, fuel costs, fuel charges, or fuel acquisitions...
• Texas Section 32.052 - Ability Of Certain River Authorities To Construct Improvements
  A river authority operating a steam generating plant on or before January 1, 1999, may acquire, finance, construct, rebuild, repower, and use new or existing...
• Texas Section 32.053 - Ability Of Certain River Authority Affiliates To Construct Improvements
  (a) This section applies only to a corporation that: (1) sells electricity exclusively at wholesale, and not to ultimate consumers; (2) is authorized by Chapter...

SUBCHAPTER C REQUIRED REPORTS AND FILINGS

• Texas Section 32.054 - Restrictions On Authority Of Corporations Or River Authority
  (a) This subchapter does not authorize a river authority to acquire, install, construct, make additions to, or operate steam generating plants having an aggregate capacity...
• Texas Section 32.101 - Tariff Filings
  (a) An electric utility shall file with each regulatory authority a tariff showing each rate that is: (1) subject to the regulatory authority's original or...
• Texas Section 32.102 - Depreciation Account
  The commission shall require each electric or municipally owned utility to carry a proper and adequate depreciation account in accordance with: (1) the rates and...
• Texas Section 32.103 - Accounts Of Profits And Losses
  An electric or municipally owned utility shall keep separate accounts showing profits or losses from the sale or lease of merchandise, including an appliance, a...
• Texas Section 32.104 - Report Of Certain Expenses
  A regulatory authority may require an electric utility to annually report the utility's expenditures for: (1) business gifts and entertainment; and (2) advertising or public...

Last modified: September 28, 2016