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  • Texas Mutual Assistance Group
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​TXMAG's VISION:​

Electric companies have occasion to call upon other companies for emergency assistance in the form of personnel or equipment to aid in maintaining or restoring electric utility service when such service has been disrupted by acts of the elements, equipment malfunctions, accidents, sabotage or any other occurrences where the parties deem emergency assistance to be necessary or advisable. While it is acknowledged that a company is not under any obligation to furnish such emergency assistance, experience indicates that companies are willing to furnish such assistance when personnel or equipment are available. As such, the TXMAG charter and governing principles are as follows:​

NAME

  • The name of this group shall be the Texas Mutual Assistance Group, also known as TXMAG.

PURPOSE​

  • The purpose of the TXMAG is to effectively and collaboratively share resources within Texas and the five adjacent states, as well as assist other regional mutual assistance groups when called upon. ​​
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PRINCIPLES​

  • The TXMAG is comprised of electric distribution and transmission utility companies whose mission is to provide a forum for safe, effective, ​​and coordinated regional and national emergency assistance efforts with other member companies.​
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The name of this group shall be TEXAS MUTUAL ASSISTANCE GROUP​, also known as TXMAG​

​REQUIREMENTS FOR JOINING THE TEXAS MUTUAL ASSISTANCE GROUP

  • The TXMAG membership shall not exceed twenty-five (25) members.
  • Potential voting members of the TXMAG shall be Investor Owned Utilities (IOU) and Texas Municipalities. Contract utility companies that provide service for the TXMAG member IOUs and Municipalities may join as non-voting TXMAG members.
  • Acceptance into the TXMAG requires the requesting company to :
    • Sign the formal TXMAG Agreement Document
    • Attend the next TXMAG conference and provide a presentation about their company. Specific items to be presented are noted below. Following the presentation, current members will be allowed to ask questions.
      • Geographic location(s)
      • Number of customers
      • Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees available to assist
      • Equipment available to assist
      • Crew make up for restoration work (2-man, 3-man, etc.)
      • Restrictions on the type of work that can be performed (Overhead Distribution only, switching restrictions, etc.)
      • Information about their lineman training program
      • Mutual aid experience – receiving and/or sending
      • Safety Statistics including Incident Rate, DART Rate, etc. ​



​​​CURRENT MEMBERSHIP

Voting on the membership request will take place following the question and answer period and after the representative of the requesting company exits the room/facility. TXMAG members must be present at the conference in order to vote. Acceptance or rejection will be determined by unanimous vote. If accepted, the new company shall provide contact information for a primary and two secondary contacts.

Current voting members of the Texas Mutual Assistance Group include:
  • AEP
  • AUSTIN ENERGY
  • BROWNSVILLE PU
  • CENTERPOINT ENERGY
  • CLECO​
  • CPS ENERGY​
  • CROSS TEXAS
  • EL PASO ELECTRIC
  • ENTERGY
  • LONE STAR TRANSMISSION, L​LC
  • LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY (LCRA)
  • MISSISSIPPI POWER
  • OGE
  • ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY
  • SHARYLAND UTILITIES
  • TNMP
  • WETT
  • XCEL​​

Current non-voting members of the Texas Mutual Assistance Group include:
  • ASPLUNDH
  • CAN-FER
  • DAVEY TREE SURGERY
  • ​FRONT LINE POWER
  • GREAT SOUTHWESTERN​
  • HARGRAVE
  • L.E. MEYERS
  • MESA LINE SERVICES 
  • MP TECHNOLOGIES​
  • NORTH HOUSTON POLE
  • NORTH START ENERGY SOLUTIONS​
  • PIKE
  • PRIMORIS T&D SERVICES
  • QUANTA SERVICES
  • TEMPEST ENERGY
  • TREES INC.
  • WILLBROS T&D SERVICES
  • WRIGHT TREE SERVICE

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