Tex. Util. Code § 32.001 : UTILITIES CODE — PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT — ELECTRIC UTILITIES — JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES — COMMISSION JURISDICTION — Commission Jurisdiction TEXT PDF (a) Except as provided by Section 32.002, the commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates, operations, and services of an electric utility in: (1) areas outside a municipality; and (2) areas inside a municipality that surrenders its jurisdiction to the commission under Section 33.002. (b) The commission has exclusive appellate jurisdiction to review an order or ordinance of a municipality exercising exclusive original jurisdiction under this subtitle. Tex. Util. Code § 32.001 Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.