Utilities Code § 301.0001

Sec. 301.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Grantee" means a person who: (A) leases property from a landowner; and (B) operates a wind power facility on the property. (1-a) "Recycle" means the processing of an item to recover a usable product. (2) "Wind power facility" includes: (A) a wind turbine generator and any related components of the wind turbine, including a nacelle, a rotor hub, blades, and a gearbox assembly; and (B) a facility or equipment used to support the operation of a wind turbine generator, including an underground or aboveground electrical transmission or communications line, an electric transformer, a battery energy storage facility or other energy storage facility, telecommunications equipment, a road, a meteorological tower with wind measurement equipment, or a maintenance yard. (3) "Wind power facility agreement" means a lease agreement between a grantee and a landowner that authorizes the grantee to operate a wind power facility on the leased property. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1293 (H.B. 2845), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 434 (H.B. 3228), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.