Sec. 40.052. UTILITY NOT OFFERING CUSTOMER CHOICE. (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.
(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.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
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
Section 40.051. Governing Body Decision
Section 40.052. Utility Not Offering Customer Choice
Section 40.053. Retail Customer's Right of Choice
Section 40.054. Service Outside Area
Section 40.055. Jurisdiction of Municipal Governing Body
Section 40.056. Anticompetitive Actions
Section 40.058. Tariffs for Open Access
Section 40.059. Municipal Power Agency; Recovery of Stranded Costs