Municipalities; Home Rule; Ordinances; Natural Resources; Energy; Oil and Gas; Public Utilities; Statutory and Constitutional Construction
KP-0521
Texas Attorney General Opinion
Subsection 181.903(b) of the Utilities Code prohibits the City of Austin from adopting or enforcing a code that has “the purpose, intent, or effect of directly or indirectly . . . discriminating against” a utility service based on the type or source of energy. As such, the City of Austin’s Energy Code cannot lawfully memorialize opposition to the use of natural gas utility services and is invalid to the extent that it does so.
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