{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-163.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 163.012","heading":"AUTHORITY TO MAKE AGREEMENTS.","body":"Public and private entities may by agreement jointly plan, finance, acquire, construct, own, operate, and maintain electric facilities to:\n(1) achieve economies of scale in providing electric energy to the public;\n(2) promote the economic development of this state and its natural resources; and\n(3) meet the state's future power needs.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES","SUBTITLE A. UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND OTHER PROVIDERS","CHAPTER 163. JOINT POWERS AGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER B. COOPERATION BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.163.htm#163.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"b2012f95cd2e0d3aa853b4f57c7ff6903c51e51b8c3cb1edd6c1611975264e47","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-163.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-163.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}