{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.041","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 181.041","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Electric utility\" means:\n(A) an electric cooperative organized under Chapter 161;\n(B) a corporation or river authority, if the river authority is created by a statute of this state:\n(i) that generates, transmits, or distributes electric energy in this state; and\n(ii) whose operations are subject to the judicial and legislative processes of this state; or\n(C) a municipal electric utility.\n(2) \"Municipal electric utility\" means a municipality in this state that owns and operates an electric generating plant or that operates electric transmission lines or an electric distribution system.\n(3) \"Distribution line\" means a power line operated below 60,000 volts when measured phase to phase.\n(4) \"Transmission line\" means a power line operated at 60,000 volts or more when measured phase to phase.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 77 (S.B. 349), Sec. 1, eff. May 18, 2013.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES","SUBTITLE B. PROVISIONS REGULATING DELIVERY OF SERVICES","CHAPTER 181. MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES OF UTILITIES","SUBCHAPTER C. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.181.htm#181.041","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"d5562006855a7f354442df6e20828b589813b8e14528248c26a746ca14eb36a7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.026","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.042"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}