Relating to electric service quality and reliability; providing an administrative penalty.

Added new subsection (b-1) to Section 36.402 allowing the commission to reduce utility return on equity when infrastructure damage occurs due to non-compliance with reliability standards.

Modified Section 38.005(b) to adjust SAIDI/SAIFI reliability thresholds from 300% to 200% greater than system average for enforcement actions.

Added Section 38.006 establishing structural integrity standards for transmission and distribution poles with specific inspection, maintenance, and reporting requirements.

Modified Section 38.101(a) to remove vegetation management reporting requirement and replace with distribution pole inspection requirement.

Added provisions allowing administrative penalties against municipally owned utilities and electric cooperatives for violations of new pole standards.

Added specific compliance timeline requiring municipally owned utilities and electric cooperatives to adopt new standards within 120 days of commission adoption.

Added effective date of September 1, 2025 for the bill's provisions.