Autoridad para emitir certificados de conveniencia pública en Texas

Sec. 111.302. COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES. (a) The commission is further authorized, empowered, and directed to Statute text rendered on: 1/18/2025 - 754 - NATURAL RESOURCES CODE issue certificates of public convenience and necessity to pipelines transporting coal in whatever form or mixture for hire in Texas if the commission finds that the public convenience and necessity will be served in that existing facilities will not be able to provide the transportation as economically or efficiently as the proposed pipeline. (b) In exercising its powers and duties under this section, the commission may not issue a permit for or attempt to regulate in any manner the condemnation, appropriation, or acquisition of surface or ground water in Texas. (c) The commission shall not issue a permit, certificate, or any authority to any applicant whose rates and charges are not regulated by government authority, either state or federal, and that state or federal regulations insure to the public and to the ultimate electric consumer that the contracts, rates, and charges shall be just and reasonable, nondiscriminatory, and offering no preference or advantage to any person, corporation, entity, or group. (d) The commission shall not issue a permit, certificate, or any authority to any applicant whose pipeline transporting coal in whatever form unless the pipeline transporting coal in whatever form is to be buried at least 36 inches below the surface, except in such instances in whi