(a) This section applies only to a general-law municipality that owns a utility plant that provides utility service.
(b) The governing body of a municipality may:
(1) by ordinance regulate the rates and compensation charged the public by the municipality for utility service;
(2) establish and operate a plant to manufacture, generate, or produce utility service; and
(3) sell and distribute utility service to the public in the municipality’s boundaries.

(c) In this section, “utility service” means the provision of water, sewer service, gas, electric energy, or a substance used for lighting, heat, or power.