Tex. Utilities Code § 163.001
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 163.001, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 163.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Electric facility" means a facility necessary or incidental to generating or transmitting electric power and energy, including:
(A) a generating unit or plant or a plant site;
(B) transmission lines;
(C) a right-of-way or other right relating to a facility; and
(D) property and equipment.
(2) "Entity" means a person who engages in the authorized generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale to the public.
(3) "Private entity" means an entity that is not a public entity.
(4) "Public entity" means an entity that is an agency or political subdivision of this state.
(1) "Electric facility" means a facility necessary or incidental to generating or transmitting electric power and energy, including:
(A) a generating unit or plant or a plant site;
(B) transmission lines;
(C) a right-of-way or other right relating to a facility; and
(D) property and equipment.
(2) "Entity" means a person who engages in the authorized generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale to the public.
(3) "Private entity" means an entity that is not a public entity.
(4) "Public entity" means an entity that is an agency or political subdivision of this state.
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