Tex. Utilities Code § 163.001: DEFINITIONS.

In this chapter:

(1) "Electric facility" means a facility necessary or incidental to generating or transmitting electric power and energy, including:

(A) a generating unit or plant or a plant site;

(B) transmission lines;

(C) a right-of-way or other right relating to a facility; and

(D) property and equipment.

(2) "Entity" means a person who engages in the authorized generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale to the public.

(3) "Private entity" means an entity that is not a public entity.

(4) "Public entity" means an entity that is an agency or political subdivision of this state.

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