Texas § 41.052 ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES NOT OFFERING CUSTOMER CHOICE.

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§ 41.052 — ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES NOT OFFERING CUSTOMER CHOICE.

Texas § 41.052

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Tex. Utilities Code Code Ann. § 41.052 (2026).

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Sec. 41.052. ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES NOT OFFERING CUSTOMER CHOICE.

(a)An electric cooperative that chooses not to participate in customer choice may not offer electric energy at unregulated prices directly to retail customers outside its certificated retail service area.

(b)An electric cooperative under Subsection (a) retains the right to offer and provide a full range of customer service and pricing programs to the customers within its certificated retail service area and to purchase and sell electric energy at wholesale without geographic restriction.

(c)A generation and transmission electric cooperative may offer electric energy at unregulated prices directly to retail customers outside of its parent electric cooperatives' certificated service areas only if a majority of the parent ele

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Sec. 41.052. ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES NOT OFFERING CUSTOMER CHOICE. (a) An electric cooperative that chooses not to participate in customer choice may not offer electric energy at unregulated prices directly to retail customers outside its certificated retail service area.
(b) An electric cooperative under Subsection (a) retains the right to offer and provide a full range of customer service and pricing programs to the customers within its certificated retail service area and to purchase and sell electric energy at wholesale without geographic restriction.
(c) A generation and transmission electric cooperative may offer electric energy at unregulated prices directly to retail customers outside of its parent electric cooperatives' certificated service areas only if a majority of the parent electric cooperatives of the generation and transmission electric cooperative have chosen to offer customer choice.
(d) A subsidiary of an electric cooperative may not provide electric energy at unregulated prices outside of its parent electric cooperative's certificated retail service area unless the electric cooperative offers customer choice inside its certificated retail service area.