{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-40.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 40.052","heading":"UTILITY NOT OFFERING CUSTOMER CHOICE.","body":"(a) A municipally owned utility that has not chosen to participate in customer choice may not offer electric energy at unregulated prices directly to retail customers outside its certificated retail service area.\n(b) A municipally owned utility under Subsection (a) retains the right to offer and provide a full range of customer service and pricing programs to the customers within its certificated area and to purchase and sell electric energy at wholesale without geographic restriction.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES","CHAPTER 40. COMPETITION FOR MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES AND RIVER AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER B. MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY CHOICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.40.htm#40.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"9d1d7e9f23a37d4cb215103cea0027461214e652313a85c7ff6b64e56e9d603b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-40.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-40.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}