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Bill Text

89(R) HB 144 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.B. No. 144

  

  

  

  

 AN ACT

  

 relating to plans for the management and inspection of distribution 

  

 poles.

  

        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

  

        SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 38, 

  

 Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows:

  

 SUBCHAPTER E. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE [REPORT]

  

        SECTION 2.  Subchapter E, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is 

  

 amended by adding Section 38.103 to read as follows:

  

        Sec. 38.103.  DISTRIBUTION POLE PLAN. (a)  Each electric 

  

 cooperative, electric utility, and municipally owned utility that 

  

 distributes electric energy to the public shall submit to the 

  

 commission a plan for the management and inspection of distribution 

  

 poles the cooperative or utility owns in the cooperative's or 

  

 utility's distribution system.

  

        (b)  Each plan submitted under Subsection (a) must include:

  

              (1)  a statement of the plan's scope and objectives for 

  

 ensuring public safety through the effective management, 

  

 inspection, maintenance, and repair of distribution poles;

  

              (2)  the roles and responsibilities of individuals 

  

 responsible for overseeing and executing the plan;

  

              (3)  processes for training and certifying personnel, 

  

 including third-party vendors, who inspect distribution poles;

  

              (4)  an estimated timeline for completing inspections 

  

 and remedial action required for any pole identified as unreliable, 

  

 unsafe, or needing repair;

  

              (5)  processes for documenting and responding to a 

  

 report or complaint made by a landowner regarding the condition or 

  

 repair of a distribution pole;

  

              (6)  for a plan submitted by an electric utility, the 

  

 estimated cost of implementing the plan; and

  

              (7)  a description of the cooperative's or utility's 

  

 methods to monitor compliance with the plan.

  

        (c)  Not later than May 1 of each year, an entity to which 

  

 this section applies shall submit an update to the commission 

  

 detailing the entity's compliance with the plan's objectives, the 

  

 costs of implementing the plan to date, and the results of the 

  

 entity's inspection of distribution poles, including the number of 

  

 poles inspected and any remediation or replacement action taken.  

  

 An electric utility may submit the update in a report required under 

  

 Section 38.101.

  

        (d)  The commission shall review each plan and update 

  

 submitted under this section to determine whether the entity that 

  

 submitted the plan or update is in compliance with the plan's 

  

 objectives described by Subsection (b)(1) and notify the entity 

  

 whether or not the entity is in compliance with those objectives.

  

        (e)  The commission may accept in place of the information 

  

 required under this section any information required under other 

  

 law that is substantially similar to the information required under 

  

 this section.

  

        SECTION 3.  Not later than January 1, 2027, each entity to 

  

 which Section 38.103, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, applies 

  

 shall submit the plan required by that section to the Public Utility 

  

 Commission of Texas.  The Public Utility Commission of Texas may 

  

 establish different plan submission dates for each class of entity 

  

 to which Section 38.103, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, 

  

 applies.

  

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