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Texas Utilities Code - UTIL § 55.023. Optional Extended Area Service

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

(a) The commission may order optional extended area service in a specified calling area if:

(1) each affected company and the representatives of at least one political subdivision in the proposed calling area agree to the service; and

(2) the proposed common calling area has a single, continuous boundary.

(b) The commission may not adopt rules that diminish in any manner the ability of an affected company or a political subdivision to enter into joint agreements for optional extended area service under this section.

(c) In this section, “political subdivision” means:

(1) a county;

(2) a municipality; or

(3) an unincorporated town or village that has 275 or more access lines.

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