Tex. Utilities Code § 121.213
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 121.213, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 121.213. INSTALLATION, REMOVAL, AND REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN PIPELINES.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "distribution gas pipeline facility" means a pipeline facility that distributes gas directly to end-use customers.
(b) A distribution gas pipeline facility operator may not install as part of the operator's underground system a cast iron, wrought iron, or bare steel pipeline.
(c) The railroad commission by rule shall require the operator of a distribution gas pipeline facility system to:
(1) develop and implement a risk-based program for the removal or replacement of underground distribution gas pipeline facilities; and
(2) annually remove or replace at least eight percent of underground distribution gas pipeline facilities posing the greatest risk in the system and identified for replacement under the program.
(b) A distribution gas pipeline facility operator may not install as part of the operator's underground system a cast iron, wrought iron, or bare steel pipeline.
(c) The railroad commission by rule shall require the operator of a distribution gas pipeline facility system to:
(1) develop and implement a risk-based program for the removal or replacement of underground distribution gas pipeline facilities; and
(2) annually remove or replace at least eight percent of underground distribution gas pipeline facilities posing the greatest risk in the system and identified for replacement under the program.
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