| Rule |
Description/Explanatory Information |
Effective |
| 25 TOC |
Table of Contents |
12/05/12 |
| Subchapter A |
General Provisions |
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| § 25.1 |
Purpose and Scope of Rules. |
03/12/03 |
| § 25.2 |
Cross-Reference Transition Provision. |
05/07/98 |
| § 25.3 |
Severability Clause. |
03/12/03 |
| § 25.4 |
Statement of Nondiscrimination. |
03/12/03 |
| § 25.5 |
Definitions. |
11/30/11 |
| § 25.6 |
Cost of Copies of Public Information. |
06/12/12 |
| § 25.8 |
Classification System for Violations of Statutes, Rules, and Orders Applicable to Electric Service Providers. |
10/17/06 |
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| Subchapter B |
Customer Service and Protection |
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| § 25.21 |
General Provisions of Customer Service and Protection Rules. |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.22 |
Request for Service. |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.23 |
Refusal of Service. |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.24 |
Credit Requirements and Deposits. |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.25 |
Issuance and Format of Bills. |
01/06/10 |
| § 25.26 |
Spanish Language Requirements. |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.27 |
Retail Electric Service Switchovers. |
03/02/99 |
| § 25.28 |
Bill Payment and Adjustments. |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.29 |
Disconnection of Service. |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.30 |
Complaints. |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.31 |
Information to Applicants and Customers. |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.33 |
Prompt Payment Act. |
10/03/10 |
| § 25.41 |
Price to Beat Rule. |
04/23/03 |
| § 25.43 |
Provider of Last Resort (POLR). |
08/19/12 |
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| Subchapter C |
Infrastructure and Reliability |
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| § 25.51 |
Power Quality. |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.52 |
Reliability and Continuity of Service. |
11/06/12 |
| § 25.53 |
Electric Service Emergency Operations Plans. |
01/24/08 |
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| Subchapter D |
Records, Reports, and Other Required Information |
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| § 25.71 |
General Procedures, Requirements and Penalties. |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.72 |
Uniform System of Accounts. |
08/19/02 |
| § 25.73 |
Financial and Operating Reports. |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.74 |
Report on Change in Control, Sale of Property, Purchase of Stock, or Loan. |
10/11/11 |
| § 25.76 |
Gross Receipts Assessment Report. |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.77 |
Payments, Compensation, and Other Expenditures. |
09/08/98 |
| § 25.78 |
State Agency Utility Account Information. |
09/08/98 |
| § 25.79 |
Equal Opportunity Reports. |
07/30/00 |
| § 25.80 |
Annual Report on Historically Underutilitized Businesses. |
07/30/00 |
| § 25.81 |
Service Quality Reports. |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.82 |
Fuel Cost and Use Information. |
09/08/98 |
| § 25.83 |
Transmission Construction Reports. |
01/01/03 |
| § 25.84 |
Annual Reporting of Affiliate Transactions for Electric Utilities. |
12/20/99 |
| § 25.85 |
Report of Workforce Diversity and Other Business Practices. |
07/30/00 |
| § 25.88 |
Retail Market Performance Measure Reporting. |
05/11/03 |
| § 25.89 |
Report of Loads and Resources. |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.90 |
Market Power Mitigation Plans. |
08/31/00 |
| § 25.91 |
Generating Capacity Reports. |
08/31/00 |
| § 25.93 |
Wholesale Electricity Transaction Information. |
11/21/11 |
| § 25.94 |
Report on Infrastructure Improvement and Maintenance. |
01/03/10 |
| § 25.95 |
Electric Utility Infrastructure Storm Hardening. |
07/13/10 |
| § 25.96 |
Vegetation Management. |
01/02/13 |
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| Subchapter E |
Certification, Licensing and Registration. |
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| § 25.101 |
Certification Criteria. |
04/04/12 |
| § 25.102 |
Coastal Management Program. |
01/01/03 |
| § 25.105 |
Registration and Reporting by Power Marketers. |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.107 |
Certification of Retail Electric Providers (REPs). |
11/23/10 |
| § 25.108 |
Financial Standards for Retail Electric Providers Regarding the Billing and Collection of Transition Charges. |
08/15/00 |
| § 25.109 |
Registration of Power Generation Companies and Self-Generators. |
01/31/13 |
| § 25.111 |
Registration of Aggregators. |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.113 |
Municipal Registration of Retail Electric Providers (REPs). |
01/12/03 |
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| Subchapter F |
Metering |
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| § 25.121 |
Meter Requirements. |
05/30/07 |
| § 25.122 |
Meter Records. |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.123 |
Meter Readings. |
05/30/07 |
| § 25.124 |
Meter Testing. |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.125 |
Amendments Due to Non-Compliant Meters and Meter Tampering in Areas Where Customer Choice Has Not Been Introduced. |
07/01/10 |
| § 25.126 |
Amendments Due to Non-Compliant Meters and Meter Tampering in Areas Where Customer Choice Has Been Introduced. |
07/01/10 |
| § 25.127 |
Generating Station Meters, Instruments, and Records. |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.128 |
Interconnection Meters and Circuit Breakers. |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.129 |
Pulse Metering. |
10/22/01 |
| § 25.130 |
Advanced Metering. |
05/30/07 |
| § 25.131 |
Load Profiling and Load Research. |
04/16/03 |
| § 25.132 |
Definitions. |
07/01/10 |
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| Subchapter G |
Submetering |
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| § 25.141 |
Central System or Nonsubmetered Master Metered Utilities. |
01/06/11 |
| § 25.142 |
Submetering for Apartments, Condominiums, and Mobile Home Parks. |
01/06/11 |
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| Subchapter H |
Electrical Planning:
Division 1. Renewable Energy Resources and Use of Natural Gas |
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| § 25.172 |
Goal for Natural Gas. |
12/29/99 |
| § 25.173 |
Goal for Renewable Energy. |
01/02/09 |
| § 25.174 |
Competitive Renewable Energy Zones. |
11/04/09 |
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Electrical Planning:
Division 2. Energy Efficiency and Customer-Owned Resources |
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| § 25.181 |
Energy Efficiency Goal. |
01/01/13 |
| § 25.183 |
Reporting and Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Program. |
01/01/03 |
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| Subchapter I |
Transmission and Distribution
Division 1. Open- Access Comparable Transmission Service for Electrical Utilities in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas |
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| § 25.191 |
Transmission Service Requirements. |
06/20/01 |
| § 25.192 |
Transmission Service Rates. |
04/18/12 |
| § 25.193 |
Distribution Service Provider Transmission Cost Recovery Factors (TCRF). |
10/25/10 |
| § 25.195 |
Terms and Conditions for Transmission Service. |
06/20/01 |
| § 25.196 |
Standards of Conduct. |
06/20/01 |
| § 25.198 |
Initiating Transmission Service. |
06/20/01 |
| § 25.199 |
Transmission Planning, Licensing and Cost-Recovery for Utilities within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. |
04/13/05 |
| § 25.200 |
Load Shedding, Curtailments, and Redispatch. |
06/20/01 |
| § 25.202 |
Commercial Terms for Transmission Service. |
06/20/01 |
| § 25.203 |
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). |
06/20/01 |
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Division 2. Transmission and Distribution Applicable to All Electric Utilities |
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| § 25.211 |
Interconnection of On-Site Distributed Generation (DG). |
06/11/12 |
| § 25.212 |
Technical Requirements for Interconnection and Parallel Operation Of On-Site Distributed Generation. |
12/21/99 |
| § 25.213 |
Metering for Distributed Renewable Generation. |
05/14/08 |
| § 25.214 |
Terms and Conditions of Retail Delivery Service Provided by Investor Owned Transmission and Distribution Utilities. |
11/28/11 |
| § 25.215 |
Terms and Conditions of by a Competitive Retailer to the Delivery System of a Municipally Owned Utility or Electric Cooperative that has Implemented Customer Choice. |
10/10/01 |
| § 25.216 |
Selection of Transmission Service Providers. |
07/09/08 |
| § 25.217 |
Distributed Renewable Generation. |
06/11/12 |
| § 25.221 |
Electric Cost Separation. |
09/16/98 |
| § 25.223 |
Unbundling of Energy Services. |
11/26/98 |
| § 25.227 |
Electric Utility Service for Public Retail Customers. |
10/14/99 |
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| Subchapter J |
Costs, Rates and Tariffs
Division 1. Retail Rates. |
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| § 25.231 |
Cost of Service. |
04/13/05 |
| § 25.232 |
Adjustment for House Bill 11, Acts of 72nd Legislature, First Called Special Session 1991. |
03/01/99 |
| § 25.234 |
Rate Design. |
07/05/99 |
| § 25.235 |
Fuel Costs. |
07/05/99 |
| § 25.236 |
Recovery of Fuel Costs. |
05/16/01 |
| § 25.237 |
Fuel Factors. |
09/04/08 |
| § 25.238 |
Power Cost Recovery Factors. |
07/05/99 |
| § 25.239 |
Transmission Cost Recovery Factor for Certain Electric Utilities. |
01/03/08 |
| § 25.240 |
Contribution Disclosure Statements in Appeals of Municipal Utility Rates. |
03/10/99 |
| § 25.241 |
Form and Filing of Tariffs. |
06/22/99 |
| § 25.242 |
Arrangements Between Qualifying Facilities and Electric Utilities. |
01/08/09 |
| § 25.243 |
Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF). |
10/13/11 |
| § 25.244 |
Billing Demand for Certain Utility Customers. |
06/12/12 |
| § 25.251 |
Renewable Energy Tariff. |
11/19/98 |
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Division 2. Recovery of Stranded Costs |
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| § 25.261 |
Stranded Cost Recovery of Environmental Cleanup Costs. |
10/01/00 |
| § 25.263 |
True-up Proceeding. |
07/20/06 |
| § 25.264 |
Quantification of Stranded Costs of Nuclear Generation Assets. |
06/12/03 |
| § 25.265 |
Securitization by River Authorities and Electric Cooperatives. |
03/01/00 |
| Subchapter K |
Relationships with Affiliates |
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| § 25.271 |
Foreign Utility Company Ownership by Exempt Holding Companies. |
04/15/99 |
| § 25.272 |
Code of Conduct for Electric Utilities and Their Affiliates. |
01/09/11 |
| § 25.273 |
Contracts between Electric Utilities and Their Competitive Affiliates. |
12/20/99 |
| § 25.275 |
Code of Conduct for Municipally Owned Utilities and Electric Cooperatives Engaged In Competitive Activities. |
03/28/01 |
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| Subchapter L |
Nuclear Decommissioning |
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| § 25.301 |
Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts. |
06/18/98 |
| § 25.303 |
Nuclear Decommissioning Following the Transfer of Texas Jurisdictional Nuclear Generating Plant Assets. |
10/26/04 |
| § 25.304 |
Nuclear Decommissioning Funding and Requirements for Power Generation Companies. |
03/19/08 |
| Subchapter M |
Competitive Metering. |
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| § 25.311 |
Competitive Metering Services. |
05/30/07 |
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| Subchapter 0 |
Unbundling and Market Power
Division 1. Unbundling |
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| § 25.341 |
Definitions. |
10/09/03 |
| § 25.342 |
Electric Business Separation. |
10/09/03 |
| § 25.343 |
Competitive Energy Services. |
07/11/05 |
| § 25.344 |
Cost Separation Proceedings. |
02/09/00 |
| § 25.345 |
Recovery of Stranded Costs Through Competition Transition Charge (CTC). |
02/09/00 |
| § 25.346 |
Separation of Electric Utility Metering and Billing Service Costs and Activities. |
05/30/07 |
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Division 2. Independent Organizations |
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| § 25.361 |
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). |
06/20/12 |
| § 25.362 |
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Governance. |
03/06/13 |
| § 25.363 |
ERCOT Budget and Fees. |
03/22/11 |
| § 25.364 |
Decertification of an Independent Organization. |
10/19/09 |
| § 25.365 |
Independent Market Monitor. |
04/29/07 |
| § 25.366 |
Internet Broadcasting of Public Meetings of an Independent Organization. |
02/04/10 |
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Division 3. Capacity Auction |
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| § 25.381 |
Capacity Auctions. |
07/31/03 |
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Division 4. Other Market Power Issues |
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| § 25.401 |
Share of Installed Generation Capacity. |
08/31/00 |
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Division 5. Competition in Non-ERCOT Areas. |
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| § 25.421 |
Transition to Competition for a Certain Area Outside the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Region. |
11/07/04 |
| § 25.422 |
Transition to Competition for Certain Areas within the Southwest Power Pool. |
09/18/06 |
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| Subchapter P |
Pilot Projects |
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| § 25.431 |
Retail Competition Pilot Project. |
09/03/00 |
| Subchapter Q |
System Benefit Fund |
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| § 25.451 |
Administration of the System Benefit Account. |
03/19/08 |
| § 25.453 |
Targeted Energy Efficiency Programs. |
01/11/04 |
| § 25.454 |
Rate Reduction Program. |
12/01/10 |
| § 25.455 |
One-Time Bill Payment Assistance Program. |
01/22/08 |
| § 25.457 |
Implementation of the System Benefit Fee by the Municipally Owned Utilities and Electric Cooperatives. |
03/19/08 |
| Subchapter R |
Customer Protection Rules for Retail Electric Service. |
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| § 25.471 |
General Provisions of Customer Protection Rules. |
05/19/04 |
| § 25.472 |
Privacy of Customer Information. |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.473 |
Non-English Language Requirements. |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.474 |
Selection of Retail Electric Provider. |
11/28/11 |
| § 25.475 |
General Retail Electric Provider Requirements and Information Disclosures to Residential and Small Commercial Customers. |
04/01/10 |
| § 25.476 |
Renewable and Green Energy Verification. |
03/16/09 |
| § 25.477 |
Refusal of Electric Service. |
06/01/04 |
| § 25.478 |
Credit Requirements and Deposits. |
08/19/12 |
| § 25.479 |
Issuance and Format of Bills. |
01/06/10 |
| § 25.480 |
Bill Payment and Adjustments. |
06/01/11 |
| § 25.481 |
Unauthorized Charges. |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.482 |
Prompt Payment Act. |
10/03/10 |
| § 25.483 |
Disconnection of Service. |
12/06/12 |
| § 25.484 |
Electric No-Call List. |
07/02/06 |
| § 25.485 |
Customer Access and Complaint Handling. |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.487 |
Obligations Related to Move-In Transactions. |
08/04/03 |
| § 25.488 |
Procedures for a Premise with No Service Agreement. |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.489 |
Treatment of Premises with No Retail Electric Provider of Record. |
08/04/03 |
| § 25.490 |
Moratorium on Disconnection on Move-Out. |
08/04/03 |
| § 25.491 |
Record Retention and Reporting Requirements. |
11/03/09 |
| § 25.492 |
Non-Compliance with Rules or Orders; Enforcement by the Commission. |
01/15/01 |
| § 25.493 |
Acquisition and Transfer of Customers from one Retail Electric Provider to Another. |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.495 |
Unauthorized Change of Retail Electric Provider. |
06/01/04 |
| § 25.497 |
Critical Load Industrial Customers, Critical Load Public Safety Customers, Critical Care Residential Customers, and Chronic Condition Residential Customers. |
06/11/12 |
| § 25.498 |
Prepaid Service. |
08/19/12 |
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| Subchapter S |
Wholesale Markets |
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| § 25.501 |
Wholesale Market Design. |
04/18/12 |
| § 25.502 |
Pricing Safeguards in Markets Operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. |
08/12/10 |
| § 25.503 |
Oversight of Wholesale Market Participants. |
11/08/12 |
| § 25.504 |
Wholesale Market Power in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Power Region. |
09/13/06 |
| § 25.505 |
Resource Adequacy in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Power Region. |
11/15/12 |
| § 25.507 |
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Emergency Response Service (ERS). |
04/12/12 |
| § 25.508 |
High System-Wide Offer Cap in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Power Region. |
07/19/12 |
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| Appendices |
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| Appendix I |
Cross Reference: Location of Rule Section in Chapter 23 to New Location in Chapter 25 or Chapter 26. |
01/22/01 |
| Appendix II |
Electric Commonly Used Acronyms. |
01/13/03 |
| Appendix III |
Records, Reports, and Other Information that May be Required. |
11/06/12 |
| Appendix IV |
Does not exist - the Tariff for Retail Electric Delivery Service can be found under Substantive Rule 25.214(d)(1). |
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| Appendix V |
Tariff for Competitive Retailer Access of a Municipally Owned Utility or Electric Cooperative. |
08/23/01 |
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