Tex. Codes » Utilities Code · TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES · CHAPTER 14. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES

Tex. Util. Code § 14.001

Power To Regulate And Supervise

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Sec. 14.001. POWER TO REGULATE AND SUPERVISE. 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.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1999–2025 · leading case: Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Grant
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Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Grant (2002) tex · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util.Code § 14.001. The PURA also gave the PUC exclusive jurisdiction to regulate utility rates, operations, and services.”
In Re TXU Electric Co. (2001) tex · cites it 6× “However, the PURA provisions that describe the PUC's powers authorize the PUC to act as an entity and do not give the individual commissioners any separate powers. See, e.g., Tex. Util.Code §§ 14.001-14.”
Cities of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission (2005) texapp · cites it 2× “Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 14.001 (West 1998).”
In Re Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Lp (2007) tex “” Tex. Util.Code § 14.001. With regard to the TUSF specifically, the Legislature directed the PUC to “adopt eligibility criteria and review procedures, including a method for administrative review, the commission finds necessary to fund the universal service fund” and the PUC…”
Oncor Elec. Delivery Co. v. Chaparral Energy, LLC (2018) tex “" TEX. UTIL. CODE § 14.001. PURA's express purpose "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" and "to grant the [PUC] authority…”
NextEra v. Lake (2022) ca5 “TEX. UTIL. CODE § 14.001. To build a new transmission line in the state, a utility must first obtain a certificate of “convenience and necessity” from PUCT.”
Nucor Steel v. PUBLIC UTILITY COM'N OF TEX. (2005) texapp “” Tex. UtilCode Ann. §§ 14.001, 36.001 (West 1998).”
Grant v. Southwestern Electric Power Co. (2000) texapp “Such a general contention would fail to meet the requirement that the motion must state the specific element(s) for which there was no evidence.”
Houston Lighting & Power Co. v. Auchan USA, Inc. (1999) tex “Auchan does not challenge the PUC’s authority to approve the provision that purports to limit HL & P’s liability for damages.”
Southwestern Electric Power Company v. Public Utility Commission of Texas (2011) texapp · cites it 2× “” Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 14.001 (West 2007); State v.”
Grant v. Southwestern Electric Power Co. (1999) texapp “See Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 14.001 (Vernon 1998).”
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC v. City of Richardson, Texas (2015) texapp “See Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 14.001 (West 2007); Grant, 73 S.”
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