Tex. Utils. Code Section 37.102
Grant of Certificate for Certain Municipalities

(a)

If a municipal corporation offers retail electric utility service in a municipality having a population of more than 151,000 that is located in a county having a population of more than 2.5 million, the commission shall singly certificate areas in the municipality’s boundaries in which more than one electric utility provides electric utility service.

(b)

In singly certificating an area under Subsection (a), the commission shall preserve the right of an electric utility to serve the customers the electric utility was serving on June 17, 1983. This subsection does not apply to a customer at least partially served by a nominal 69,000 volts system who gave notice of termination to the utility servicing that customer before June 17, 1983.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 179, eff. September 1, 2011.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 272, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 37.102 — Grant of Certificate for Certain Municipalities, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.37.htm#37.102 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

37.001
Definitions 37.002
Charging Service 37.051
Certificate Required 37.052
Exceptions to Certificate Requirement for Service Extension 37.053
Application for Certificate 37.054
Notice and Hearing on Application 37.055
Request for Preliminary Order 37.056
Grant or Denial of Certificate 37.057
Deadline for Application for New Transmission Facility 37.058
Certificate and Determination Issued to Certain Non-ercot Utilities for Generating Facility 37.059
Revocation or Amendment of Certificate 37.060
Division of Multiply Certificated Service Areas 37.061
Existing Service Area Agreements 37.101
Service in Annexed or Incorporated Area 37.102
Grant of Certificate for Certain Municipalities 37.151
Provision of Service 37.152
Grounds for Reduction of Service 37.153
Required Refusal of Service 37.154
Transfer of Certificate 37.155
Application of Contracts 37.156
Interference with Another Utility 37.157
Maps 37.0521
Exception for Retail Sales by Certain Qualifying Cogenerators 37.0541
Consolidation of Certain Proceedings

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 37.102’s source at texas.gov

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Original Source: Section 37.102 — Grant of Certificate for Certain Municipalities, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.37.htm#37.102 (last accessed Jun. 5, 2024).