{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-186.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 186.001","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"public utility\" means and includes a private corporation that does business in this state and has the right of eminent domain, a municipality, or a state agency, authority, or subdivision engaged in the business of:\n(1) generating, transmitting, or distributing electric energy to the public;\n(2) producing, transmitting, or distributing natural or artificial gas to the public; or\n(3) furnishing water to the public.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES","SUBTITLE B. PROVISIONS REGULATING DELIVERY OF SERVICES","CHAPTER 186. PROVISIONS TO ENSURE THE RELIABILITY AND INTEGRITY OF UTILITY SERVICE","SUBCHAPTER A. CONTINUITY OF UTILITY SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.186.htm#186.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"ae4f39f9d4dacfa45ad5a0394c86deba537a6c70457fb8f376195a194c053269","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-185.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-186.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}