SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 25.1. Purpose and Scope of Rules

§ 25.2. Cross-Reference Transition Provision

§ 25.3. Severability Clause

§ 25.4. Statement of Nondiscrimination

§ 25.5. Definitions

§ 25.6. Cost of Copies of Public Information

§ 25.8. Classification System for Violations of Statutes, Rules, and Orders Applicable to Electric Service Providers

SUBCHAPTER B. CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROTECTION

§ 25.21. General Provisions of Customer Service and Protection Rules

§ 25.22. Request for Service

§ 25.23. Refusal of Service

§ 25.24. Credit Requirements and Deposits

§ 25.25. Issuance and Format of Bills

§ 25.26. Spanish Language Requirements

§ 25.27. Retail Electric Service Switchovers

§ 25.28. Bill Payment and Adjustments

§ 25.29. Disconnection of Service

§ 25.30. Complaints

§ 25.31. Information to Applicants and Customers

§ 25.33. Prompt Payment Act

§ 25.41. Price to Beat

§ 25.43. Provider of Last Resort (POLR)

§ 25.44. Privacy of Advanced Metering System Information

§ 25.45. Low-Income List Administrator

SUBCHAPTER C. INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELIABILITY

§ 25.51. Power Quality

§ 25.52. Reliability and Continuity of Service

§ 25.53. Electric Service Emergency Operations Plans

§ 25.54. Cease And Desist Orders

§ 25.55. Weather Emergency Preparedness

§ 25.57. Power Outage Alert Criteria

§ 25.62. Transmission and Distribution System Resiliency Plans

SUBCHAPTER D. RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION

§ 25.71. General Procedures, Requirements and Penalties

§ 25.72. Uniform System of Accounts

§ 25.73. Financial and Operating Reports

§ 25.74. Report on Change in Control, Sale of Property, Purchase of Stock, or Loan

§ 25.76. Gross Receipts Assessment Report

§ 25.77. Payments, Compensation, and Other Expenditures

§ 25.78. State Agency Utility Account Information

§ 25.79. Equal Opportunity Reports

§ 25.80. Annual Report on Historically Underutilized Businesses

§ 25.81. Service Quality Reports

§ 25.82. Fuel Cost and Use Information

§ 25.83. Transmission Construction Reports

§ 25.84. Reporting of Affiliate Transactions for Electric Utilities

§ 25.85. Report of Workforce Diversity and Other Business Practices

§ 25.88. Retail Market Performance Measure Reporting

§ 25.89. Report of Loads and Resources

§ 25.90. Market Power Mitigation Plans

§ 25.91. Generating Capacity Reports

§ 25.93. Wholesale Electricity Transaction Information

§ 25.94. Report on Infrastructure Improvement and Maintenance

§ 25.95. Electric Utility Infrastructure Storm Hardening

§ 25.96. Vegetation Management

§ 25.97. Line Inspection and Safety

SUBCHAPTER E. CERTIFICATION, LICENSING AND REGISTRATION

§ 25.101. Certification Criteria

§ 25.102. Coastal Management Program

§ 25.105. Registration by Power Marketers

§ 25.107. Certification and Obligations of Retail Electric Providers (REPs)

§ 25.108. Financial Standards for Retail Electric Providers Regarding the Billing and Collection of Transition Charges

§ 25.109. Registration of Power Generation Companies and Self-Generators

§ 25.111. Registration of Aggregators

§ 25.112. Registration of Brokers

§ 25.113. Municipal Registration of Retail Electric Providers (REPs)

SUBCHAPTER F. METERING

§ 25.121. Meter Requirements

§ 25.122. Meter Records

§ 25.123. Meter Readings

§ 25.124. Meter Testing

§ 25.125. Adjustments Due to Non-Compliant Meters and Meter Tampering in Areas Where Customer Choice Has Not Been Introduced

§ 25.126. Adjustments Due to Non-Compliant Meters and Meter Tampering in Areas Where Customer Choice Has Been Introduced

§ 25.127. Generating Station Meters, Instruments, and Records

§ 25.128. Interconnection Meters and Circuit Breakers

§ 25.129. Pulse Metering

§ 25.130. Advanced Metering

§ 25.131. Load Profiling and Load Research

§ 25.132. Definitions

§ 25.133. Non-Standard Metering Service

SUBCHAPTER G. SUBMETERING

§ 25.141. Central System or Non-submetered Master Metered Utilities

§ 25.142. Submetering for Apartments, Condominiums, and Mobile Home Parks

SUBCHAPTER H. ELECTRICAL PLANNING

DIVISION 1. RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES AND USE OF NATURAL GAS

§ 25.172. Goal for Natural Gas

§ 25.173. Renewable Energy Credit Program

§ 25.174. Competitive Renewable Energy Zones

DIVISION 2. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CUSTOMER-OWNED RESOURCES

§ 25.181. Energy Efficiency Goal

§ 25.182. Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Factor

§ 25.183. Reporting and Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Programs

SUBCHAPTER I. TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

DIVISION 1. OPEN-ACCESS COMPARABLE TRANSMISSION SERVICE FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN THE ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS

§ 25.191. Transmission Service Requirements

§ 25.192. Transmission Rates for Export from ERCOT

§ 25.193. Distribution Service Provider Transmission Cost Recovery Factors (TCRF)

§ 25.195. Terms and Conditions for Transmission Service

§ 25.196. Standards of Conduct

§ 25.198. Initiating Transmission Service

§ 25.199. Transmission Planning, Licensing and Cost-Recovery for Utilities within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas

§ 25.200. Load Shedding, Curtailments, and Redispatch

§ 25.202. Commercial Terms for Transmission Service

§ 25.203. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

DIVISION 2. TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION APPLICABLE TO ALL ELECTRIC UTILITIES

§ 25.211. Interconnection of On-Site Distributed Generation (DG)

§ 25.212. Technical Requirements for Interconnection and Parallel Operation of On-Site Distributed Generation

§ 25.213. Metering for Distributed Renewable Generation and Certain Qualifying Facilities

§ 25.214. Terms and Conditions of Retail Delivery Service Provided by Investor Owned Transmission and Distribution Utilities

§ 25.215. Terms and Conditions of Access by a Competitive Retailer to the Delivery System of a Municipally Owned Utility or Electric Cooperative that has Implemented Customer Choice

§ 25.216. Selection of Transmission Service Providers

§ 25.217. Distributed Renewable Generation

§ 25.218. Middle Mile Broadband Service

§ 25.219. Terms and Conditions of Access by a Competitive Retailer to the Delivery System of a Municipally Owned Utility or Electric Cooperative that Implements Customer Choice after May 1, 2023

§ 25.221. Electric Cost Separation

§ 25.223. Unbundling of Energy Service

SUBCHAPTER J. COSTS, RATES AND TARIFFS

DIVISION 1. RETAIL RATES

§ 25.231. Cost of Service

§ 25.232. Adjustment for House Bill 11, Acts of 72nd Legislature, First Called Special Session 1991

§ 25.234. Rate Design

§ 25.235. Fuel Costs--General

§ 25.236. Recovery of Fuel Costs

§ 25.237. Fuel Factors

§ 25.238. Purchased Power Capacity Cost Recovery Factor (PCRF)

§ 25.239. Transmission Cost Recovery Factor for Certain Electric Utilities

§ 25.240. Contribution Disclosure Statements in Appeals of Municipal Utility Rates

§ 25.241. Form and Filing of Tariffs

§ 25.242. Arrangements Between Qualifying Facilities and Electric Utilities

§ 25.243. Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF)

§ 25.244. Billing Demand for Certain Utility Customers

§ 25.245. Rate-Case Expenses

§ 25.246. Rate Filing Standards and Procedures for Non-ERCOT Utilities

§ 25.247. Rate Review Schedule

§ 25.248. Generation Cost Recovery Rider

§ 25.251. Renewable Energy Tariff

DIVISION 2. RECOVERY OF STRANDED COSTS

§ 25.261. Stranded Cost Recovery of Environmental Cleanup Costs

§ 25.263. True-up Proceeding

§ 25.264. Quantification of Stranded Costs of Nuclear Generation Assets

§ 25.265. Securitization by River Authorities and Electric Cooperatives

SUBCHAPTER K. RELATIONSHIPS WITH AFFILIATES

§ 25.271. Foreign Utility Company Ownership by Exempt Holding Companies

§ 25.272. Code of Conduct for Electric Utilities and Their Affiliates

§ 25.273. Contracts Between Electric Utilities and Their Competitive Affiliates

§ 25.275. Code of Conduct for Municipally Owned Utilities and Electric Cooperatives Engaged in Competitive Activities

SUBCHAPTER L. NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING

§ 25.301. Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts

§ 25.303. Nuclear Decommissioning Following the Transfer of Texas Jurisdictional Nuclear Generating Plant Assets

§ 25.304. Nuclear Decommissioning Funding and Requirements for Power Generation Companies

SUBCHAPTER M. COMPETITIVE METERING

§ 25.311. Competitive Metering Services

SUBCHAPTER O. UNBUNDLING AND MARKET POWER

DIVISION 1. UNBUNDLING

§ 25.341. Definitions

§ 25.342. Electric Business Separation

§ 25.343. Competitive Energy Services

§ 25.344. Cost Separation Proceedings

§ 25.345. Recovery of Stranded Costs Through Competition Transition Charge (CTC)

§ 25.346. Separation of Electric Utility Metering and Billing Service Costs and Activities

DIVISION 2. INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS

§ 25.361. Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

§ 25.362. Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Governance

§ 25.363. ERCOT Budget and Fees

§ 25.364. Decertification of an Independent Organization

§ 25.365. Independent Market Monitor

§ 25.366. Internet Broadcasting of Public Meetings of an Independent Organization

§ 25.367. Cybersecurity Monitor

DIVISION 3. CAPACITY AUCTION

§ 25.381. Capacity Auctions

DIVISION 4. OTHER MARKET POWER ISSUES

§ 25.401. Share of Installed Generation Capacity

DIVISION 5. COMPETITION IN NON-ERCOT AREAS

§ 25.421. Transition to Competition for a Certain Area Outside the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Region

§ 25.422. Transition to Competition for Certain Areas within the Southwest Power Pool

SUBCHAPTER P. PILOT PROJECTS

§ 25.431. Retail Competition Pilot Projects

SUBCHAPTER R. CUSTOMER PROTECTION RULES FOR RETAIL ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS

§ 25.471. General Provisions of Customer Protection Rules

§ 25.472. Privacy of Customer Information

§ 25.473. Non-English Language Requirements

§ 25.474. Selection of Retail Electric Provider

§ 25.475. General Retail Electric Provider Requirements and Information Disclosures to Residential and Small Commercial Customers

§ 25.476. Renewable and Green Energy Verification

§ 25.477. Refusal of Electric Service

§ 25.478. Credit Requirements and Deposits

§ 25.479. Issuance and Format of Bills

§ 25.480. Bill Payment and Adjustments

§ 25.481. Unauthorized Charges

§ 25.482. Prompt Payment Act

§ 25.483. Disconnection of Service

§ 25.484. Electric No-Call List

§ 25.485. Customer Access and Complaint Handling

§ 25.486. Customer Protections for Brokerage Services

§ 25.487. Obligations Related to Move-In Transactions

§ 25.488. Procedures for a Premise with No Service Agreement

§ 25.489. Treatment of Premises with No Retail Electric Provider of Record

§ 25.490. Moratorium on Disconnection on Move-Out

§ 25.491. Record Retention and Reporting Requirements

§ 25.492. Non-Compliance with Rules or Orders; Enforcement by the Commission

§ 25.493. Acquisition and Transfer of Customers from one Retail Electric Provider to Another

§ 25.495. Unauthorized Change of Retail Electric Provider

§ 25.497. Critical Load Industrial Customers, Critical Load Public Safety Customers, Critical Care Residential Customers, and Chronic Condition Residential Customers

§ 25.498. Prepaid Service

§ 25.499. Acknowledgement of Risk Requirements for Certain Commercial Contracts

§ 25.500. Privacy of Advanced Metering System Information

SUBCHAPTER S. WHOLESALE MARKETS

§ 25.501. Wholesale Market Design for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas

§ 25.502. Pricing Safeguards in Markets Operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas

§ 25.503. Oversight of Wholesale Market Participants

§ 25.504. Wholesale Market Power in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Power Region

§ 25.505. Resource Adequacy Reporting Requirements in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Power Region

§ 25.506. Publication of Resource and Load Information in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Power Region

§ 25.507. Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Emergency Response Service (ERS)

§ 25.509. Scarcity Pricing Mechanism for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Power Region

§ 25.515. Texas Backup Power Package Advisory Committee