{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-152.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 152.251","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"hedging\" means buying or selling crude oil, fuel oil, natural gas, or electric energy futures or options, or similar contracts on those commodity futures, as a protection against loss due to price fluctuations.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 5. SPECIAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 152. RIVER AUTHORITIES ENGAGED IN DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY","SUBCHAPTER F. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.152.htm#152.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"0e8f885a7b8050ba50e3b18eeb0a872e51105a87945a0277f01dd0cbfba61fd8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-152.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-152.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}