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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 2PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 25SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS
SUBCHAPTER KRELATIONSHIPS WITH AFFILIATES
RULE §25.275Code of Conduct for Municipally Owned Utilities and Electric Cooperatives Engaged in Competitive Activities

provided for in this paragraph is not subject to the contested hearings process, except upon complaint by an interested party or the commission staff.

    (C) Copies of contracts or agreements. A Bundled MOU/COOP shall reduce to writing and file with the commission copies of any contracts or agreements it has with any persons providing competitive energy-related activities on behalf of the Bundled MOU/COOP. The Bundled MOU/COOP does not have to produce any contracts it has with third parties if such contracts were negotiated on an arm's length basis. The requirements of this section are not satisfied by the filing of an earnings report. All contracts or agreements shall be filed by June 1 of each year as attachments to the annual report of code-related activities required in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. In subsequent years, if no significant changes have been made to the contract or agreement, an amendment sheet may be filed in lieu of refiling the entire contract or agreement.

    (D) Compliance audits. No later than one year after the Bundled MOU/COOP becomes subject to this section as set forth in subsection (b)(1) and (2) of this section, and, at a minimum, every third year thereafter, the Bundled MOU/COOP shall have an audit prepared by independent auditors that verifies that the Bundled MOU/COOP is in compliance with this section. The Bundled MOU/COOP shall file the results of each audit with the commission within one month of the audit's completion.

  (4) Remedies and enforcement. Bundled MOU/COOPs shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (n)(2)-(10) of this section on the same terms and conditions as the TDBU.


Source Note: The provisions of this §25.275 adopted to be effective March 28, 2001, 26 TexReg 2364

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