{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.102","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 37.102","heading":"GRANT OF CERTIFICATE FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.","body":"(a) If a municipal corporation offers retail electric utility service in a municipality having a population of more than 151,000 that is located in a county having a population of more than 2.5 million, the commission shall singly certificate areas in the municipality's boundaries in which more than one electric utility provides electric utility service.\n(b) In singly certificating an area under Subsection (a), the commission shall preserve the right of an electric utility to serve the customers the electric utility was serving on June 17, 1983. This subsection does not apply to a customer at least partially served by a nominal 69,000 volts system who gave notice of termination to the utility servicing that customer before June 17, 1983.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 179, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 272, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES","CHAPTER 37. CERTIFICATES OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY","SUBCHAPTER C. MUNICIPALITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.37.htm#37.102","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"8fd392b66b038f3543b9a48b059cfe74891b1951ccf689935b5997da7da172c0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.101","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}