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2021 Texas Statutes
Utilities Code
Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act
Subtitle B - Electric Utilities
Chapter 35 - Energy Providers
Subchapter A. Competition and Transmission Access in the Wholesale Market
Section 35.005. Authority to Order Transmission Service

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TX Util § 35.005 (2021)
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Sec. 35.005. AUTHORITY TO ORDER TRANSMISSION SERVICE. (a) The commission may require an electric utility to provide transmission service at wholesale to another electric utility, a qualifying facility, an exempt wholesale generator, or a power marketer and may determine whether terms for the transmission service are reasonable.

(b) The commission may require transmission service at wholesale, including the construction or enlargement of a facility.

(c) The commission may not issue a decision or rule relating to transmission service that is contrary to an applicable decision, rule, or policy statement of a federal regulatory agency having jurisdiction.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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