Tex. Utilities Code § 17.051
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 17.051, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 17.051. ADOPTION OF RULES.
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(a) The commission shall adopt rules relating to certification, registration, and reporting requirements for a certificated telecommunications utility, a retail electric provider, or an electric utility, as well as all telecommunications utilities that are not dominant carriers, pay telephone providers, qualifying facilities that are selling capacity into the wholesale or retail market, exempt wholesale generators, and power marketers.
(b) The rules adopted under Subsections (a) and (c) shall be consistent with and no less effective than federal law and may not require the disclosure of highly sensitive competitive or trade secret information.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules governing the local registration of retail electric providers under Section 39.358.
(b) The rules adopted under Subsections (a) and (c) shall be consistent with and no less effective than federal law and may not require the disclosure of highly sensitive competitive or trade secret information.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules governing the local registration of retail electric providers under Section 39.358.
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