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Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 552.913. Combined Heating and Power Systems in Certain Municipalities

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) This section applies only to a home-rule municipality that:

(1) has a population of more than 100,000;

(2) owns and operates an electric utility that is a member of a municipal power agency; and

(3) is located in a county adjacent to a county with a population of more than 2.5 million.

(b) To the extent this section conflicts with a municipal charter provision, this section controls.

(c) A municipality may buy, own, construct, maintain, and operate a combined heating and power system or plant and related infrastructure.

(d) The governing body of the municipality may designate a combined heating and power economic development district that includes territory that:

(1) is within three miles of the combined heating and power plant;

(2) is wholly located within the corporate boundaries of the municipality; and

(3) does not have an interstate or federal highway located within the boundaries of the district on the date the territory is designated.

(e) The municipality may sell an energy commodity from the system or plant, including electricity, chilled water, steam, or gas. The municipality may sell gas only to industrial customers located in the combined heating and power economic development district.

(f) The municipality shall assess fees against a municipal entity selling gas to industrial customers in the combined heating and power economic district that are substantially the same as the fees assessed against a gas utility that is not owned by the municipality for occupation of a municipal right-of-way.

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