Terms Used In Texas Utilities Code 301.0001

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005

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.
(2) “Wind power facility” includes:
(A) a wind turbine generator; 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 storage facility, an 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.