# Tex. Utilities Code § 31.005: CUSTOMER-OPTION PROGRAMS

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C31_S31.005

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Utilities Code § 31.005
- **Heading:** CUSTOMER-OPTION PROGRAMS
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 31 / Section 31.005

## Text

(a) This section applies to:

(1) a municipally owned electric utility;

(2) an electric cooperative;

(3) an electric utility;

(4) a power marketer;

(5) a retail electric provider; and

(6) a transmission and distribution utility.

(b) An entity to which this section applies shall consider establishing customer-option programs that encourage the reduction of air contaminant emissions, such as:

(1) an appliance retirement and recycling program;

(2) a solar water heating market transformation program;

(3) an air conditioning tune-up program;

(4) a program that allows the use of on-site energy storage as an eligible efficiency measure in existing programs;

(5) a program that encourages the deployment of advanced electricity meters;

(6) a program that encourages the installation of cool roofing materials;

(7) a program that establishes lighting limits;

(8) a distributed energy generation technology program; and

(9) a program that encourages the use of high-efficiency building distribution transformers and variable air volume fan controls.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Utilities Code § 31.001 § 31.001. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PURPOSE OF SUBTITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C31_S31.001.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 31.002 § 31.002. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C31_S31.002.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 31.004 § 31.004. ENERGY-EFFICIENT SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C31_S31.004.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 31.005 § 31.005. CUSTOMER-OPTION PROGRAMS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C31_S31.005.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 31.0021 § 31.0021. CHARGING SERVICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C31_S31.0021.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 31.051 § 31.051. DEFINITION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C31_S31.051.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 31.052 § 31.052. CYBERSECURITY COORDINATION PROGRAM FOR UTILITIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C31_S31.052.md)

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