{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-41.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 41.004","heading":"JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION.","body":"Except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter, the commission has jurisdiction over electric cooperatives only as follows:\n(1) to regulate wholesale transmission rates and service, including terms of access, to the extent provided in Subchapter A, Chapter 35;\n(2) to regulate certification to the extent provided in Chapter 37;\n(3) to establish a code of conduct as provided in Section 39.157(e) subject to Section 41.054;\n(4) to establish terms and conditions, but not rates, for open access to distribution facilities for electric cooperatives providing customer choice, as provided in Section 39.203;\n(5) to require reports of electric cooperative operations only to the extent necessary to:\n(A) ensure the public safety;\n(B) enable the commission to satisfy its responsibilities relating to electric cooperatives under this chapter;\n(C) enable the commission to determine the aggregate electric load and energy requirements in the state and the resources available to serve that load; or\n(D) enable the commission to determine information relating to market power as provided in Section 39.155; and\n(6) to evaluate and monitor the cybersecurity preparedness of an electric cooperative described by Section 39.1516(a)(3) or (4).\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 610 (S.B. 936), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES","CHAPTER 41. ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES AND COMPETITION","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.41.htm#41.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"77da620a82e7b198013f45e94635bcf31059df23d5adb5806d790ee42c5827ff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-41.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-41.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}