Sec. 41.004. JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION

Except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter, the commission has jurisdiction over electric cooperatives only as follows:

(1) to regulate wholesale transmission rates and service, including terms of access, to the extent provided in Subchapter A, Chapter 35;

(2) to regulate certification to the extent provided in Chapter 37;

(3) to establish a code of conduct as provided in Section 39.157(e) subject to Section 41.054;

(4) to establish terms and conditions, but not rates, for open access to distribution facilities for electric cooperatives providing customer choice, as provided in Section 39.203; and

(5) to require reports of electric cooperative operations only to the extent necessary to:

(A) ensure the public safety;

(B) enable the commission to satisfy its responsibilities relating to electric cooperatives under this chapter;

(C) enable the commission to determine the aggregate electric load and energy requirements in the state and the resources available to serve that load; or

(D) enable the commission to determine information relating to market power as provided in Section 39.155.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.