Tex. Utilities Code § 32.001
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 32.001, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 32.001. COMMISSION JURISDICTION.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Section 32.002, the commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates, operations, and services of an electric utility in:
(1) areas outside a municipality; and
(2) areas inside a municipality that surrenders its jurisdiction to the commission under Section 33.002.
(b) The commission has exclusive appellate jurisdiction to review an order or ordinance of a municipality exercising exclusive original jurisdiction under this subtitle.
(1) areas outside a municipality; and
(2) areas inside a municipality that surrenders its jurisdiction to the commission under Section 33.002.
(b) The commission has exclusive appellate jurisdiction to review an order or ordinance of a municipality exercising exclusive original jurisdiction under this subtitle.
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