Mandates that the public service commission examine a process for streamlining actions relating to identifying and removing certain utility poles that do not have any attachments and are no longer in use; makes related provisions.
Relates to requiring utility pole owners and attachers to submit an annual report on pole attachments; repeals certain provisions relating to requirements for right-of-way permits.
Relates to requiring utility pole owners and attachers to submit an annual report on pole attachments; repeals certain provisions relating to requirements for right-of-way permits.
Relates to the members of the public service commission; prohibits commissioners from having been employed within the last two years by an electric, gas, steam, telecommunications, or water utility that is regulated by the commission; requires that new appointments ensure that commissioners represent certain areas of education and training.
Relates to the appointment and responsibilities of the commissioners of the public service commission; requires the commission to have a duty to protect public interest, including ensuring access to utility services for residential and business customers; prohibits commissioners from having been employed within the last two years by an electric, gas, steam, telecommunications, or water utility that is regulated by the commission.
Relates to the appointment and responsibilities of the commissioners of the public service commission; requires the commission to have a duty to protect public interest, including ensuring access to utility services for residential and business customers; prohibits commissioners from having been employed within the last two years by an electric, gas, steam, telecommunications, or water utility that is regulated by the commission.
Relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas of the effects that current laws, rules, and regulations of this state and its political subdivisions regarding pole attachments have on the expansion of broadband service.
Prohibits public utilities from passing along the cost of site investigation and remediation efforts on to rate payers; requires each public utility with more than seventy-five thousand customers to submit to the public service commission an annual report containing a description of any expenses that may not be included or incorporated in the public utility's operating expenses.