{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 37.052","heading":"EXCEPTIONS TO CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT FOR SERVICE EXTENSION.","body":"(a) An electric utility is not required to obtain a certificate for an:\n(1) extension into territory that is:\n(A) contiguous to the territory the electric utility serves;\n(B) not receiving similar service from another electric utility; and\n(C) not in another electric utility's certificated area;\n(2) extension in or to territory the utility serves or is authorized to serve under a certificate; or\n(3) operation, extension, or service in progress on September 1, 1975.\n(b) An extension allowed under Subsection (a) is limited to a device used:\n(1) to interconnect existing facilities; or\n(2) solely to transmit electric utility services from an existing facility to a customer of retail electric utility service.\n(c) An electric utility is not required to amend the utility's certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct a transmission line that connects the utility's existing transmission facilities to a substation or metering point if:\n(1) the transmission line does not exceed:\n(A) five miles in length, if the line connects to a load-serving substation or metering point; or\n(B) two miles in length, if the line connects to a generation substation or metering point;\n(2) each landowner whose property would be directly affected by the transmission line, as provided by commission rules, provides written consent for the transmission line; and\n(3) all rights-of-way necessary for construction of the transmission line have been purchased.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 1281), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 610 (H.B. 3092), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES","CHAPTER 37. CERTIFICATES OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY","SUBCHAPTER B. CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.37.htm#37.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"0185920e0cbf693c95ee81004cc183bfb492b7a1882185adcfe832e27b8cd705","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.0521"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}