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Tex. Util. Code § 11.002 (2026)

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Sec. 11.002. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS. (a) This title is enacted to protect the public interest inherent in the rates and services of public utilities. The purpose of this title is to establish a comprehensive and adequate regulatory system for public utilities to assure rates, operations, and services that are just and reasonable to the consumers and to the utilities.

(b) Public utilities traditionally are by definition monopolies in the areas they serve. As a result, the normal forces of competition that regulate prices in a free enterprise society do not operate. Public agencies regulate utility rates, operations, and services as a substitute for competition.

(c) Significant changes have occurred in the telecommunications and electric power industries since the Public Utility Regulatory Act was originally adopted. Changes in technology and market structure have increased the need for minimum standards of service quality, customer service, and fair business practices to ensure high-quality service to customers and a healthy marketplace where competition is permitted by law. It is the purpose of this title to grant the Public Utility Commission of Texas authority to make and enforce rules necessary to protect customers of telecommunications and electric services consistent with the public interest.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1579, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 32 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1998–2025 · leading case: Reliant Energy, Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 62 S.W.3d 833 (Tex. App. 2001).
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Reliant Energy, Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 62 S.W.3d 833 (Tex. App. 2001). “” Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 11.002(c) (West Supp.”
Power Resource Grp., Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n, 73 S.W.3d 354 (Tex. App. 2002). “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 11.002 (c) (West Supp.”
City of Allen v. Pub. Util. Comm'n, 161 S.W.3d 195 (Tex. App. 2005). “Tex. Util. Code § 11.002(a) (West Supp.2004-05) (“The purpose of this title [PURA] is to establish a comprehensive and adequate regulatory system for public utilities to assure rates, operations, and services that are just and reasonable to the consumers and to the utilities.”
Pub. Util. Comm'n v. Texas Tel. Ass'n, 163 S.W.3d 204 (Tex. App. 2005). “Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 11.002 (West Supp.2004-05).”
Sw. Elec. Power Co. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 419 S.W.3d 414 (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 11.002(c) (West 2007); see State v.”
CenterPoint Energy Houston Elec., LLC v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 408 S.W.3d 910 (Tex. App. 2013). “See Tex. Util.Code §§ 11.002, .004, 31.002(6); see generally id.”
Nucor Steel-Texas v. Pub. Util. Comm'n, 363 S.W.3d 871 (Tex. App. 2012). “See Tex. UtiLCode Ann. §§ 11.002(c) (stating that purpose of public utility regulatory act is to grant Commission authority to protect customers of electric services), 14.”
North Star Steel Texas, Inc. v. Entergy Gulf States, Inc., 33 F. Supp. 2d 557 (S.D. Tex. 1998). “Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 11.002 (Vernon 1998) (emphasis added).”
Aspire Power Ventures, LP v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, Elec. Reliability Council of Texas, Thomas Gleeson, Lori Cobos, Jimmy Glotfelty, Kathleen Jackson, & Courtney Hjaltman (Tex. App. 2024). · cites it 6× “Tex. Util. Code §§ 11.002, 39.001; see also 16 Tex.”
Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas // City of Denton Operating as Denton Mun. Elec. v. City of Denton Operating as Denton Mun. Elec. // Cross-Appellee Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “27 Tex. Util. Code § 11.002(a) .............”
The City of Coll. Station v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “Tex. Util. Code § 11.002(a). The Commission designated ERCOT as the independent grid operator to oversee the intrastate electric grid.”
Sw. Elec. Power Co. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “TEX. UTIL. CODE ANN. § 11.002(c) (West 2007); see State v.”
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— Tex. Util. Code § 11.002(a) — 9 cases
City of Allen v. Pub. Util. Comm'n, 161 S.W.3d 195 (Tex. App. 2005). “Tex. Util. Code § 11.002(a) (West Supp.2004-05) (“The purpose of this title [PURA] is to establish a comprehensive and adequate regulatory system for public utilities to assure rates, operations, and services that are just and reasonable to the consumers and to the utilities.”
Aspire Power Ventures, LP v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, Elec. Reliability Council of Texas, Thomas Gleeson, Lori Cobos, Jimmy Glotfelty, Kathleen Jackson, & Courtney Hjaltman (Tex. App. 2024). “Tex. Util. Code §§ 11.002, 39.001; see also 16 Tex.”
Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas // City of Denton Operating as Denton Mun. Elec. v. City of Denton Operating as Denton Mun. Elec. // Cross-Appellee Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas (Tex. App. 2025). “27 Tex. Util. Code § 11.002(a) .............”
The City of Coll. Station v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas (Tex. App. 2025). “Tex. Util. Code § 11.002(a). The Commission designated ERCOT as the independent grid operator to oversee the intrastate electric grid.”
Elec. Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. v. Panda Power Generation Infrastructure Fund, LLC, D/B/A Panda Power Funds Panda Sherman Power Holdings, LLC Panda Sherman Power Intermediate Holdings I, LLC Panda Sherman Power Intermediate Holdings II, LLC Panda Sherman Power, LLC Panda Temple Power Holdings, LLC Panda Temple Power Intermediate Holdings I, LLC Panda Temple Power Intermediate Holdings II, LLC Panda Temple Power, LLC Panda Temple Power II Holdings, LLC Panda Temple Power II Intermediate Holdings I, LLC (Tex. 2023).
— Tex. Util. Code § 11.002(c) — 7 cases
Reliant Energy, Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 62 S.W.3d 833 (Tex. App. 2001). “” Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 11.002(c) (West Supp.”
Sw. Elec. Power Co. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 419 S.W.3d 414 (Tex. App. 2011). “Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 11.002(c) (West 2007); see State v.”
Nucor Steel-Texas v. Pub. Util. Comm'n, 363 S.W.3d 871 (Tex. App. 2012). “See Tex. UtiLCode Ann. §§ 11.002(c) (stating that purpose of public utility regulatory act is to grant Commission authority to protect customers of electric services), 14.”
Sw. Elec. Power Co. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas (Tex. App. 2011). “TEX. UTIL. CODE ANN. § 11.002(c) (West 2007); see State v.”
Low Income Consumers, Mary Wilson & Hipolita Lutz v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas (Tex. App. 2020).
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