Sec. 163.001. DEFINITIONS  


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  • 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.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.