(a) Purpose. This section implements the reporting requirements in Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §38.102.
(b) Applicability. This section applies to electric utilities, municipally owned utilities, and electric cooperatives that own or operate overhead transmission or distribution assets.
(c) Definition. When used in this section, the term "affected entity" means an electric utility, electric cooperative, or municipally owned utility that owns or operates overhead transmission or distribution assets.
(d) Employee Training Report.
(1) Not later than May 1, 2020, each affected entity must submit to the Commission a report that includes:
(2) An affected entity must submit an updated report not later than the 30th day after the date the affected entity finalizes a material change to a document or training program included in a report submitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(e) Five-Year Report.
(1) Not later than May 1 every five years, each affected entity that owns or operates overhead transmission facilities greater than 60 kilovolts must submit to the commission a report for the five-year period ending on December 31 of the preceding calendar year that includes:
(2) The first report submitted under this subsection must be submitted not later than May 1, 2020.
(f) Annual Report. Not later than May 1 of each year, each affected entity must make a report to the commission for the preceding calendar year.
(1) For each affected entity that owns or operates overhead transmission facilities greater than 60 kilovolts, the report must include the following information related to those facilities:
(2) For each affected entity that owns or operates overhead transmission facilities greater than 60 kilovolts or distribution facilities greater than 1 kilovolt, the report must include the following information related to those facilities:
(3) Violations resulting from, and incidents, fatalities, or injuries attributable to a violation resulting from, a natural disaster, weather event, or man-made act or force outside of an affected entity's control are not required to be included in the report under this subsection.
(g) Reporting Form. An affected entity must make a report required by this section on a form prescribed by the commission.
(h) Report Filing. An affected entity filing a report required under this subsection must include the project number designated by the commission for the report on the first page of the report and submit the correct number of copies of the report to the commission's central records for filing.
(i) Reports Publicly Available. Not later than September 1 each year, the commission will make the reports submitted under this section publicly available on the commission's Internet website.
Source Note: The provisions of this §25.97 adopted to be effective March 5, 2020, 45 TexReg 1392