Sec. 452.065. ELECTRIC POWER FOR RAIL SYSTEM: CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) An authority in which the public transportation system includes or is to include passenger rail service propelled by electric power and in which all or a part of the service area is served by the electric power distribution systems of more than one electric utility company or municipally owned electric utility system may:
(1) acquire, construct, own, and operate, for the sole purpose of powering its rail vehicles over its rail transportation system, sources of electric power, including wholly owned or partially owned generating facilities of any type and at any location, including fuel reserves and supplies;
(2) in conjunction with owning a generating facility, acquire, construct, own, and operate transmission and distribution facilities needed to deliver power from the generating facility to its public transportation system; and
(3) contract for the purchase of power and energy with any supplier of power and energy that serves any part of the authority's public transportation service area for the sole purpose of supplying the power and energy necessary to operate the authority's rail vehicles.
(b) The parties to a contract made under Subsection (a)(3) may fulfill the terms of the contract notwithstanding any order or rule of the Public Utility Commission of Texas with respect to certification, except that any supply of power or energy by one utility into the service area of another utility must be provided over transmission or distribution lines owned by the authority.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle K - Mass Transportation
Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities
Subchapter B. Powers of Authorities
Section 452.051. Powers Applicable to Confirmed Authority
Section 452.052. Nature of Authority
Section 452.053. Responsibility for Control of Authority
Section 452.054. General Powers of Authority
Section 452.055. Contracts; Grants and Loans
Section 452.056. Operation of Public Transportation System
Section 452.0561. Liability of Transportation Entity Providing Public Transportation
Section 452.057. Acquisition of Property by Agreement
Section 452.058. Use and Acquisition of Property of Others
Section 452.059. Eminent Domain Proceedings
Section 452.060. Agreement With Utilities, Carriers
Section 452.061. Fares and Other Charges
Section 452.0611. Enforcement of Fares and Other Charges; Penalties
Section 452.0612. Fare Enforcement Officers
Section 452.0613. Enforcement of High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Usage; Penalties
Section 452.063. Tax Exemption
Section 452.064. Light Rail System: Regulatory Exemption
Section 452.065. Electric Power for Rail System: Certain Authorities