SECTION 291.14. Emergency Orders

(a) The commission or executive director may issue orders under Chapter 35 of this title (relating to Emergency and Temporary Orders and Permits; Temporary Suspension or Amendment of Permit Conditions) to:

(1) appoint a temporary manager under Texas Water Code, §5.507 and §13.4132;

(2) compel a retail public utility that has obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide water or sewer service, or both, that complies with all statutory and regulatory requirements of the commission if necessary to ensure safe drinking water or environmental protection; and

(3) compel a retail public utility to provide an emergency interconnection with a neighboring retail public utility for the provision of temporary water or sewer service, or both, for not more than 90 days if necessary to ensure safe drinking water or environmental protection.

(b) If an order is issued under this section without a hearing, the order shall fix a time, as soon after the emergency order is issued as is practicable, and place for a hearing to be held before the commission.

Source Note: The provisions of this §291.14 adopted to be effective October 9, 1990, 15 TexReg 4019; amended to be effective January 10, 1996, 21 TexReg 114; amended to be effective December 10, 1998, 23 TexReg 12436; amended to be effective January 3, 2019, 43 TexReg 8617; amended to be effective March 18, 2021, 46 TexReg 1655