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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Utilities Code § 32.001: COMMISSION JURISDICTION.

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  1. UTILITIES CODE
  2. TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT
  3. SUBTITLE B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES
  4. CHAPTER 32. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. 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) areas outside a municipality; and

(2) areas inside a municipality that surrenders its jurisdiction to the commission under Section 33.002.

(b) The commission has exclusive appellate jurisdiction to review an order or ordinance of a municipality exercising exclusive original jurisdiction under this subtitle.

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

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