Tex. Utilities Code § 17.052
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 17.052, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 17.052. SCOPE OF RULES.
Official statutory text
The commission may adopt and enforce rules to:
(1) require certification or registration with the commission as a condition of doing business in this state, except that this requirement does not apply to municipally owned utilities;
(2) amend certificates or registrations to reflect changed ownership and control;
(3) establish rules for customer service and protection;
(4) suspend or revoke certificates or registrations for repeated violations of this chapter or commission rules, except that the commission may not revoke a certificate of convenience and necessity of an electric utility except as provided by Section 37.059 or a certificate of convenience and necessity of a telecommunications utility except as provided by Section 54.008; and
(5) order disconnection of a pay telephone service provider's pay telephones or revocation of certification or registration for repeated violations of this chapter or commission rules.
(1) require certification or registration with the commission as a condition of doing business in this state, except that this requirement does not apply to municipally owned utilities;
(2) amend certificates or registrations to reflect changed ownership and control;
(3) establish rules for customer service and protection;
(4) suspend or revoke certificates or registrations for repeated violations of this chapter or commission rules, except that the commission may not revoke a certificate of convenience and necessity of an electric utility except as provided by Section 37.059 or a certificate of convenience and necessity of a telecommunications utility except as provided by Section 54.008; and
(5) order disconnection of a pay telephone service provider's pay telephones or revocation of certification or registration for repeated violations of this chapter or commission rules.
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