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Amended Rule Adopted Requiring TDUs To Maintain Online Outage Tracker With Detailed Information About Power Outages

Dockets: 56897
Category: Texas
Related Categories: Online Outage Tracker, Rulemaking, Utility

{***} “The Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) adopts amendments to 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §25.52 relating to Reliability and Continuity of Service with changes to the proposed text as published in the August 30, 2024, issue of the Texas Register (49 TexReg 6666). The rule is adopted in Project No. 56897. 

The amended rule requires each transmission and distribution utility to maintain an online outage tracker that provides detailed information regarding power outages in English and in Spanish. The amended rule also requires a utility to notify the commission if the outage tracker or outage map becomes unavailable.” {***}

Order Adopting Amendments To §25.52   (02/13/2025)
56897  (07/31/2024)
(Electric Utility Outage Trackers And Hazardous Condition Reporting)