| Rule |
Description/Explanatory Information |
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Effective |
| 25 TOC * |
Table of Contents |
25toc.doc |
07/05/09 |
| Subchapter A |
General Provisions |
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| § 25.1 |
Purpose and Scope of Rules |
25.1.doc |
03/12/03 |
| § 25.2 |
Cross-Reference Reference Transition. |
25.2.doc |
05/07/98 |
| § 25.3 |
Severability Clause. |
25.3.doc |
03/12/03 |
| § 25.4 * |
Statement of Nondiscrimination. |
25.4.doc |
03/12/03 |
| § 25.5 * |
Definitions. |
25.5.doc |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.6 |
Cost of Copies of Public Information. |
25.6.doc |
05/27/99 |
| § 25.8 |
Classification System for Violations of Statutes, Rules, and Orders Applicable to Electric Service Providers |
25.8.doc |
10/17/06 |
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| Subchapter B |
Customer Service and Protection |
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| § 25.21 |
General Provisions of Customer Service and Protection Rules. |
25.21.doc |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.22 |
Request for Service. |
25.22.doc |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.23 |
Refusal of Service. |
25.23.doc |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.24 |
Credit Requirements and Deposits. |
25.24.doc |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.25 |
Issuance and Format of Bills. |
25.25.doc |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.26 |
Spanish Language Requirements. |
25.26.doc |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.27* |
Retail Electric Service Switchovers. |
25.27.doc |
03/02/99 |
| § 25.28 * |
Bill Payment and Adjustments. |
25.28.doc |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.29 |
Disconnection of Service. |
25.29.doc |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.30 |
Complaints. |
25.30.doc |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.31 |
Information to Applicants and Customers. |
25.31.doc |
05/06/99 |
| § 25.41 * |
Price to Beat Rule |
25.41.doc |
04/23/03 |
| §25.43 * |
Provider of Last Resort (POLR) |
25.43.doc |
06/05/09 |
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| Subchapter C |
Infrastructure and Reliability |
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| § 25.51 |
Quality of Service. |
25.51.doc |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.52 * |
Reliability and Continuity of Service. |
25.52.doc |
12/29/99 |
| § 25.53 * |
Emergency Operations Plan. |
25.53.doc |
01/24/08 |
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| Subchapter D |
Records, Reports, and Other Required Information |
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| § 25.71 * |
General Procedures, Requirements and Penalties. |
25.71.doc |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.72 * |
Uniform System of Accounts. |
25.72.doc |
08/19/02 |
| § 25.73 * |
Financial and Operating Reports. |
25.73.doc |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.74 * |
Report on Change in Control, Sale of Property, Purchase of Stock, or Loan. |
25.74.doc |
10/08/07 |
| § 25.76 * |
Gross Receipts Assessment Report. |
25.76.doc |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.77 |
Payments, Compensation, and Other Expenditures. |
25.77.doc |
09/08/98 |
| § 25.78 |
State Agency Utility Account Information. |
25.78.doc |
09/08/98 |
| § 25.79 * |
Equal Opportunity Reports. |
25.79.doc |
07/30/00 |
| § 25.80 * |
Annual Report on Historically Underutilitized Businesses. |
25.80.doc |
07/30/00 |
| § 25.81 * |
Service Quality Reports. |
25.81.doc |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.82 |
Fuel Cost and Use Information. |
25.82.doc |
09/08/98 |
| §25.83 * |
Transmission Construction Reports. |
25.83.doc |
01/01/03 |
| § 25.84 * |
Annual Reporting of Affiliate Transactions for Electric Utilities. |
25.84.doc |
12/20/99 |
| § 25.85 * |
Report of Workforce Diversity and Other Business Practices. |
25.85.doc |
07/30/00 |
| § 25.87 |
Distribution Unbundling Reports. |
25.87.doc |
09/16/98 |
| § 25.88 * |
Retail Market Performance Measure Reporting |
25.88.doc |
05/11/03 |
| § 25.89 * |
Report of Loads and Resources. |
25.89.doc |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.90 * |
Market Power Mitigation Plans |
25.90.doc |
08/31/00 |
| § 25.91 * |
Generating Capacity Reports |
25.91.doc |
08/31/00 |
| § 25.93 * |
Quarterly Wholesale Electricity Transaction Reports. |
25.93.doc |
09/19/04 |
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| Subchapter E |
Certification, Licensing and Registration |
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| § 25.101* |
Certification Criteria. |
25.101.doc |
01/01/03 |
| § 25.102 |
Coastal Management Program. |
25.102.doc |
01/01/03 |
| § 25.105 * |
Registration and Reporting by Power Marketers. |
25.105.doc |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.107 * |
Certification of Retail Electric Providers (REPs). |
25.107.doc |
05/21/09 |
| § 25.108 * |
Financial Standards for Retail Electric Providers Regarding the Billing and Collection of Transition Charges. |
25.108.doc |
08/15/00 |
| § 25.109 * |
Registration of Power Generation Companies and Self-Generators. |
25.109.doc |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.111 * |
Registration of Aggregators. |
25.111.doc |
06/28/00 |
| § 25.113 * |
Municipal Registration of Retail Electric Providers (REPs) |
25.113.doc |
01/12/03 |
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| Subchapter F |
Metering |
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| § 25.121 |
Meter Requirements. |
25.121.doc |
05/30/07 |
| § 25.122 |
Meter Records. |
25.122.doc |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.123 |
Meter Readings. |
25.123.doc |
05/30/07 |
| § 25.124 |
Meter Testing. |
25.124.doc |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.125 |
Adjustments Due to Meter Errors. |
25.125.doc |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.126 |
Meter Tampering. |
25.126.doc |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.127 |
Generating Station Meters, Instruments, and Records. |
25.127.doc |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.128 |
Interconnection Meters and Circuit Breakers. |
25.128.doc |
06/11/98 |
| § 25.129* |
Pulse Metering. |
25.129.doc |
10/22/01 |
| § 25.130* |
Advanced Metering. |
25.130.doc |
05/30/07 |
| § 25.131* |
Load Profiling and Load Research. |
25.131.doc |
04/16/03 |
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| Subchapter G |
Submetering |
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| § 25.141 |
Central System or Nonsubmetered Master Metered Utilities. |
25.141.doc |
06/22/99 |
| § 25.142 * |
Submetering for Apartments, Condominiums, and Mobile Home Parks. |
25.142.doc |
08/11/99 |
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| Subchapter H |
Electrical Planning:
Division 1. Renewable Energy Resources and Use of Natural Gas |
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| § 25.172 * |
Goal for Natural Gas |
25.172.doc |
12/29/99 |
| § 25.173 * |
Goal for Renewable Energy |
25.173.doc |
01/02/09 |
| § 25.174 * |
Competitive Renewable Energy Zones |
25.174.doc |
01/04/07 |
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Electrical Planning:
Division 2. Energy Efficiency and Customer-Owned Resources |
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| § 25.181 * |
Energy Efficiency Goal |
25.181.doc |
05/14/08 |
| § 25.182 * |
Energy Efficiency Grant Program. |
25.182.doc |
01/01/03 |
| § 25.183 * |
Reporting and Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Program. |
25.183.doc |
01/01/03 |
| § 25.185 * |
Energy Efficiency Incentive Program for Military Bases |
25.185.doc |
03/23/04 |
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| Subchapter I |
Transmission and Distribution
Division 1. Open- Access Comparable Transmission Service for Electrical Utilities in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas |
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| § 25.191 * |
Transmission Service Requirements. |
25.191.doc |
06/20/01 |
| § 25.192 * |
Transmission Service Rates. |
25.192.doc |
06/20/01 |
| § 25.193 * |
Distribution Service Provider Transmission Cost Recovery Factors (TCRF) |
25.193.doc |
07/17/03 |
| § 25.195 * |
Terms and Conditions for Transmission Service. |
25.195.doc |
06/20/01 |
| § 25.196 * |
Standards of Conduct. |
25.196.doc |
06/20/01 |
| §25.198 * |
Initiating Transmission Service. |
25.198.doc |
06/20/01 |
| §25.199 * |
Transmission Planning, Licensing and Cost-Recovery |
25.199.doc |
04/13/05 |
| § 25.200 * |
Load Shedding, Curtailments, and Redispatch. |
25.200.doc |
06/20/01 |
| § 25.202 * |
Commercial Terms for Transmission Service. |
25.202.doc |
06/20/01 |
| § 25.203 * |
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). |
25.203.doc |
06/20/01 |
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Division 2. Transmission and Distribution Applicable to All Electric Utilities |
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| § 25.211 * |
Interconnection of On-Site Distributed Generation (DG) |
25.211.doc |
01/08/01 |
| § 25.212 * |
Technical Requirements for Interconnection and Parallel Operation Of On-Site Distributed Generation |
25.212.doc |
12/21/99 |
| § 25.213* |
Metering for Distributed Renewable Generation |
25.213.doc |
05/14/08 |
| § 25.214* |
Terms and Conditions of Retail Delivery Service Provided by Investor Owned Transmission and Distribution Utilities |
25.214.doc |
07/05/09 |
| § 25.215* |
Terms and Conditions of by a Competitive Retailer to the Delivery System of a Municipally Owned Utility or Electric Cooperative that has Implemented Customer Choice. |
25.215.doc |
10/10/01 |
| § 25.216* |
Selection of Transmission Service Providers |
25.216.doc |
07/09/08 |
| § 25.217* |
Distributed Renewable Generation |
25.217.doc |
01/08/09 |
| § 25.221 |
Electric Cost Separation. |
25.221.doc |
09/16/98 |
| § 25.223 |
Unbundling of Energy Services. |
25.223.doc |
11/26/98 |
| § 25.227 |
Electric Utility Service for Public Retail Customers |
25.227.doc |
10/14/99 |
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| Subchapter J |
Costs, Rates and Tariffs
Division 1. Retail Rates |
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| § 25.231 * |
Cost of Service. |
25.231.doc |
04/13/05 |
| § 25.232 |
Adjustment for House Bill 11, Acts of 72nd Legislature, First Called Special Session 1991. |
25.232.doc |
03/01/99 |
| § 25.233 |
Treatment of Integrated Resource Plan Costs. |
25.233.doc |
03/01/99 |
| § 25.234 |
Rate Design. |
25.234.doc |
07/05/99 |
| § 25.235 |
Fuel Costs. |
25.235.doc |
07/05/99 |
| § 25.236 * |
Recovery of Fuel Costs. |
25.236.doc |
05/16/01 |
| § 25.237 * |
Fuel Factors. |
25.237.doc |
09/04/08 |
| § 25.238 |
Power Cost Recovery Factors. |
25.238.doc |
07/05/99 |
| § 25.239 |
Transmission Cost Recovery Factor for Certain Electric Utilities. |
25.239.doc |
01/03/08 |
| § 25.240 |
Contribution Disclosure Statements in Appeals of Municipal Utility Rates. |
25.240.doc |
03/10/99 |
| § 25.241 |
Form and Filing of Tariffs. |
25.241.doc |
06/22/99 |
| § 25.242 * |
Arrangements Between Qualifying Facilities and Electric Utilities. |
25.242.doc |
01/08/09 |
| § 25.251 |
Renewable Energy Tariff. |
25.251.doc |
11/19/98 |
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Division 2. Recovery of Stranded Costs |
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Stranded Cost Recovery of Environmental Cleanup Costs |
25.261.doc |
10/01/00 |
| §25.263 * |
True-up Proceeding |
25.263.doc |
07/20/06 |
| § 25.264 * |
Quantification of Stranded Costs of Nuclear Generation Assets |
25.264.doc |
06/12/03 |
| § 25.265 * |
Securitization by River Authorities and Electric Cooperatives |
25.265.doc |
03/01/00 |
| Subchapter K |
Relationships with Affiliates |
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| § 25.271 |
Foreign Utility Company Ownership by Exempt Holding Companies. |
25.271.doc |
04/15/99 |
| § 25.272 * |
Code of Conduct for Electric Utilities and Their Affiliates. |
25.272.doc |
12/20/99 |
| § 25.273 * |
Contracts between Electric Utilities and Their Competative Affiliates |
25.273.doc |
12/20/99 |
| § 25.275 * |
Code of Conduct for Municipally Owned Utilities and Electric Cooperatives Engaged In Competitive Activities. |
25.275.doc |
03/28/01 |
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| Subchapter L |
Nuclear Decommissioning |
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| § 25.301 |
Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts. |
25.301.doc |
06/18/98 |
| § 25.303 * |
Nuclear Decommissioning Following the Transfer of Texas Jurisdictional Nuclear Generating Plant Assets. |
25.303.doc |
10/26/04 |
| § 25.304 |
Nuclear Decommissioning Funding and Requirements for Power Generation Companies. |
25.304.doc |
03/19/08 |
| Subchapter M |
Competitive Metering |
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| § 25.311 |
Competitive Metering Services |
25.311.doc |
05/30/07 |
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| Subchapter 0 |
Unbundling and Market Power
Division 1. Unbundling |
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| § 25.341 * |
Definitions. |
25.341.doc |
10/09/03 |
| § 25.342 * |
Electric Business Separation. |
25.342.doc |
10/09/03 |
| § 25.343 * |
Competitive Energy Services. |
25.343.doc |
07/11/05 |
| § 25.344 * |
Cost Separation Proceedings. |
25.344.doc |
02/09/00 |
| § 25.345 * |
Recovery of Stranded Costs Through Competition Transition Charge (CTC). |
25.345.doc |
02/09/00 |
| § 25.346 * |
Separation of Electric Utility Metering and Billing Service Costs and Activities |
25.346.doc |
05/30/07 |
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Division 2. Independent Organizations |
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| § 25.361 * |
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) |
25.361.doc |
03/30/03 |
| § 25.362 * |
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Governance |
25.362.doc |
12/28/04 |
| § 25.363 * |
ERCOT Fees and Other Rates |
25.363.doc |
11/03/03 |
| § 25.365 * |
Independent Market Monitor |
25.365.doc |
04/29/07 |
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Division 3. Capacity Auction |
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Capacity Auctions |
25.381.doc |
07/31/03 |
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Division 4. Other Market Power Issues |
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Share of Installed Generation Capacity |
25.401.doc |
08/31/00 |
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Division 5. Competition in Non-ERCOT Areas. |
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| § 25.421 * |
Transition to Competition for a Certain Area Outside the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Region |
25.421.doc |
11/07/04 |
| § 25.422 * |
Transition to Competition for Certain Areas within the Southwest Power Pool |
25.422.doc |
09/18/06 |
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| Subchapter P |
Pilot Projects |
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| § 25.431 * |
Retail Competition Pilot Project |
25.431.doc |
09/03/00 |
| Subchapter Q |
System Benefit Fund |
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| § 25.451 * |
Administration of the System Benefit Account. |
25.451.doc |
03/19/08 |
| § 25.453 * |
Targeted Energy Efficiency Programs. |
25.453.doc |
01/11/04 |
| § 25.454 * |
Rate Reduction Program. |
25.454.doc |
03/19/08 |
| § 25.455 * |
One-Time Bill Payment Assistance Program. |
25.455.doc |
01/22/08 |
| § 25.457 * |
Implementation of the System Benefit Fee by the Municipally Owned Utilities and Electric Cooperatives. |
25.457.doc |
03/19/08 |
| Subchapter R |
Customer Protection Rules for Retail Electric Service. |
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| § 25.471 * |
General Provisions of Customer Protection Rules. |
25.471.doc |
05/19/04 |
| § 25.472 * |
Privacy of Customer Information. |
25.472.doc |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.473 * |
Non-English Language Requirements |
25.473.doc |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.474 * |
Selection of Retail Electric Provider. |
25.474.doc |
07/05/09 |
| § 25.475 * |
General Retail Electric Provider Requirements and Information Disclosures to Residential and Small Commercial Customers. |
25.475.doc |
3/16/09 |
| § 25.476 * |
Renewable and Green Energy Verification. |
25.476.doc |
3/16/09 |
| § 25.477 * |
Refusal of Electric Service. |
25.477.doc |
06/01/04 |
| § 25.478 * |
Credit Requirements and Deposits |
25.478.doc |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.479 * |
Issuance and Format of Bills. |
25.479.doc |
06/01/04 |
| § 25.480 * |
Bill Payment and Adjustments. |
25.480.doc |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.481 * |
Unauthorized Charges |
25.481.doc |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.483 * |
Disconnection of Service |
25.483.doc |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.484 * |
Texas Electric No-Call List. |
25.484.doc |
07/02/06 |
| § 25.485 * |
Customer Access and Complaint Handling. |
25.485.doc |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.487 * |
Obligations Related to Move-In Transactions |
25.487.doc |
08/04/03 |
| § 25.488 * |
Procedures for a Premise with No Service Agreement |
25.488.doc |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.489 * |
Treatment of Premises with No Retail Electric Provider of Record |
25.489.doc |
08/04/03 |
| § 25.490 * |
Moratorium on Disconnection on Move-Out |
25.490.doc |
08/04/03 |
| § 25.491 * |
Record Retention and Reporting Requirements. |
25.491.doc |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.492 * |
Non-Compliance with Rules or Orders; Enforcement by the Commission. |
25.492.doc |
01/15/01 |
| § 25.493 * |
Acquisition and Transfer of Customers from one Retail Electric Provider to Another. |
25.493.doc |
03/08/07 |
| § 25.495 * |
Unauthorized Change of Retail Electric Provider. |
25.495.doc |
06/01/04 |
| § 25.497 * |
Critical Care Customers. |
25.497.doc |
01/22/08 |
| § 25.498 * |
Retail Electric Service Using a Customer Prepayment Device or System. |
25.498.doc |
09/10/07 |
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| Subchapter S |
Wholesale Markets |
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| § 25.501 * |
Wholesale Market Design for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. |
25.501.doc |
11/18/04 |
| § 25.502 * |
Pricing Safeguards in Markets Operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas |
25.502.doc |
09/13/06 |
| § 25.503 * |
Oversight of Wholesale Market Participants |
25.503.doc |
02/29/04 |
| § 25.504 * |
Wholesale Market Power in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Power Region |
25.504.doc |
09/13/06 |
| § 25.505 * |
Resource Adequacy in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Power Region |
25.505.doc |
09/06/07 |
| § 25.507 * |
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Emergency Interruptible Load Service (EILS) |
25.507.doc |
11/28/07 |
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| Appendix I * |
Cross Reference: Location of Rule Section in Chapter 23 to New Location in Chapter 25 or Chapter 26. |
apendix1.doc |
01/22/01 |
| Appendix II * |
Electric Commonly Used Acronyms. |
appII.doc |
01/13/03 |
| Appendix III * |
Records, Reports, and Other Information that May be Required. |
appIII.doc |
07/05/09 |
| Appendix IV |
Does not exist - the Tariff for Retail Electric Delivery Service can be found under Substantive Rule 25.214(d)(1).* |
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| Appendix V * |
Tariff for Competitive Retailer Access of a Municipally Owned Utility or Electric Cooperative. |
25.appV.doc |
08/23/01 |
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