Tex. Utilities Code § 38.071: IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE; INTERCONNECTING SERVICE.

The commission, after notice and hearing, may:

(1) order an electric utility to provide specified improvements in its service in a specified area if:

(A) service in the area is inadequate or substantially inferior to service in a comparable area; and

(B) requiring the company to provide the improved service is reasonable; or

(2) order two or more electric utilities or electric cooperatives to establish specified facilities for interconnecting service.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.