The commission has the general power to regulate and supervise the business of each public utility within its jurisdiction and to do anything specifically designated or implied by this title that is necessary and convenient to the exercise of that power and jurisdiction.
Tex. Util. Code § 14.001
POWER TO REGULATE AND SUPERVISE
Known as the Public Utility Regulatory Act
The act spans §§ 11–66 (1,170 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Grant (2002)
Most recently applied in Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC v. City of Richardson, Texas (August 2015)
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.