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TX Util § 65.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 65 - Deregulation of Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Company Markets|Subchapter D. Transitioning Company|Section 65.151. Provisions Applicable to Transitioning Company

Sec. 65.151.  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TRANSITIONING COMPANY.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a transitioning company is governed by this subchapter and the provisions of this title that applied to the company immediately before the date the company was classified as a transitioning company.  If there is a conflict between this subchapter and the other applicable provisions of this title, this subchapter controls.(b)  A transitioning company is not required to fulfill the obligations of a provider of last resort in a deregulated market. |Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 26, eff. September 7, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98 (S.B. 980), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Util § 65.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 65 - Deregulation of Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Company Markets|Subchapter D. Transitioning Company|Section 65.152. General Requirements

Sec. 65.152.  GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  A transitioning company may:(1)  exercise pricing flexibility in a market subject only to the price and rate standards prescribed by Sections 65.153 and 65.154; and(2)  introduce a new service in a market subject only to the price and rate standards prescribed by Sections 65.153 and 65.154.(b)  A transitioning company may not be required to:(1)  comply with retail quality of service standards or reporting requirements in a market that is deregulated; or(2)  file an earnings report with the commission unless the company is receiving support from the Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 26, eff. September 7, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98 (S.B. 980), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Util § 65.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 65 - Deregulation of Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Company Markets|Subchapter D. Transitioning Company|Section 65.153. Rate Requirements

Sec. 65.153.  RATE REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  In a market that remains regulated, a transitioning company shall price the company's retail services in accordance with the provisions that applied to that company immediately before the date the company was classified as a transitioning company.(b)  In a market that is deregulated, a transitioning company shall price the company's retail services as follows:(1)  for all services, other than basic local telecommunications service, at any price higher than the service's long run incremental cost; and(2)  for basic local telecommunications service, at any price higher than the lesser of the service's long run incremental cost or the tariffed price on the date that market was deregulated, provided that the company may not increase the company's rates for stand-alone residential local exchange voice service before the date that the commission has the opportunity to revise the monthly per line support under the Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan pursuant to Section 56.031, regardless of whether the company is an electing company under Chapter 58.(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), in each deregulated market, a transitioning company shall make available to all residential customers uniformly throughout that market the same price, terms, and conditions for all basic and non-basic services, consistent with any pricing flexibility available to such company.(c-1)  A transitioning company may offer to an individual residential customer a promotional offer that is not available uniformly throughout the market if the company makes the offer through a medium other than direct mail or mass electronic media and the offer is intended to retain or obtain a customer.(d)  In any market, regardless of whether regulated or deregulated, the transitioning company may not:(1)  establish a retail rate, term, or condition that is anticompetitive or unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or discriminatory;(2)  establish a retail rate for a basic or non-basic service in a deregulated market that is subsidized either directly or indirectly by a basic or non-basic service provided in an exchange that is not deregulated; or(3)  engage in predatory pricing or attempt to engage in predatory pricing.(e)  A rate that meets the pricing requirements in Subsection (b) shall be deemed compliant with Subsection (d)(2).|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 26, eff. September 7, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98 (S.B. 980), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Util § 65.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 65 - Deregulation of Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Company Markets|Subchapter D. Transitioning Company|Section 65.154. Rate and Price Requirements Not Applicable

Sec. 65.154.  RATE AND PRICE REQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICABLE.  (a)  A transitioning company is not required to comply with the following requirements prescribed by this title on submission of a written notice to the commission:(1)  a direct or indirect requirement to price a residential service at, above, or according to the long-run incremental cost of the service or to otherwise use long-run incremental cost in establishing prices for residential services; or(2)  a requirement to file with the commission a long-run incremental cost study for residential or business services.(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a transitioning company may not:(1)  establish a retail rate, price, term, or condition that is anticompetitive or unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or discriminatory;(2)  establish a retail rate for a basic or non-basic service in a deregulated market that is subsidized either directly or indirectly by a basic or non-basic service provided in an exchange that is not deregulated; or(3)  engage in predatory pricing or attempt to engage in predatory pricing.(c)  A rate or price for a basic local telecommunications service is not anticompetitive, predatory, or unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or discriminatory if the rate or price is equal to or greater than the rate or price in the transitioning company's tariff for that service in effect on the date the transitioning company submits notice to the commission under Subsection (a).(d)  This section, including Subsection (a)(1), does not affect:(1)  other law or legal standards governing predatory pricing or anticompetitive conduct; or(2)  an infrastructure commitment under Chapter 58 or 59.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98 (S.B. 980), Sec. 20, eff. January 2, 2012.|
TX Util § 65.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 65 - Deregulation of Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Company Markets|Subchapter D. Transitioning Company|Section 65.155. Complaint by Affected Person

Sec. 65.155.  COMPLAINT BY AFFECTED PERSON.  (a)  An affected person may file a complaint at the commission challenging whether a transitioning company is complying with Section 65.154(b).(b)  Notwithstanding Section 65.154(a)(2), the commission may require a transitioning company to submit a long-run incremental cost study for a business service that is the subject of a complaint submitted under Subsection (a).|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98 (S.B. 980), Sec. 20, eff. January 2, 2012.|
TX Util § 65.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 65 - Deregulation of Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Company Markets|Subchapter E. Reduction of Switched Access Rates|Section 65.201. Reduction of Switched Access Rates by Deregulated Company

Sec. 65.201.  REDUCTION OF SWITCHED ACCESS RATES BY DEREGULATED COMPANY.  (a)  On the date the last market of an incumbent local exchange company is deregulated, the company shall reduce both the company's originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates in each market to parity with the company's respective federal originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates.(b)  After reducing the rates under Subsection (a), a deregulated company shall maintain parity with the company's federal originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates.  If the company's federal originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates are changed, the company shall change the company's per minute of use switched access rates in each market as necessary to re-achieve parity with the company's federal originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 26, eff. September 7, 2005.|
TX Util § 65.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 65 - Deregulation of Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Company Markets|Subchapter E. Reduction of Switched Access Rates|Section 65.202. Reduction of Switched Access Rates by Transitioning Company With More Than Three Million Access Lines

Sec. 65.202.  REDUCTION OF SWITCHED ACCESS RATES BY TRANSITIONING COMPANY WITH MORE THAN THREE MILLION ACCESS LINES.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a transitioning company that has more than three million access lines in service in this state on January 1, 2006, shall:(1)  on July 1, 2006, reduce both the company's originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates in each market by an amount equal to 33 percent of the difference in the rates in effect on June 30, 2006, and the company's respective federal originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates;(2)  on July 1, 2007, reduce both the company's originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates in each market by an amount equal to 33 percent of the difference in the rates in effect on June 30, 2006, and the company's respective federal originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates; and(3)  on July 1, 2008, reduce both the company's originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates in each market to parity with the company's respective federal originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates.(b)  After reducing the rates under Subsection (a), a transitioning company shall maintain parity with the company's federal originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates.  If the company's federal originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates are changed, the company shall change the company's per minute of use switched access rates in each market as necessary to re-achieve parity with the company's federal originating and terminating per minute of use switched access rates.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 26, eff. September 7, 2005.|
TX Util § 65.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 65 - Deregulation of Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Company Markets|Subchapter E. Reduction of Switched Access Rates|Section 65.205. Maintenance of Reduction or Parity

Sec. 65.205.  MAINTENANCE OF REDUCTION OR PARITY.  (a)  After a deregulated or transitioning company reduces the company's rates under this subchapter, the company may not increase those rates above the applicable rates prescribed by this subchapter.(b)  If a transitioning company's federal per minute of use switched access rates are reduced, the company shall reduce the company's per minute of use switched access rates to not more than the applicable rates prescribed by this subchapter.(c)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), a deregulated or transitioning company may decrease the company's per minute of use switched access rates to amounts that are less than the applicable rates prescribed by this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 26, eff. September 7, 2005.|
TX Util § 101.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 101.001. Short Title

Sec. 101.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This subtitle may be cited as the Gas Utility Regulatory Act.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 101.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 101.002. Purpose and Findings

Sec. 101.002.  PURPOSE AND FINDINGS.  (a)  This subtitle is enacted to protect the public interest inherent in the rates and services of gas utilities.  The purpose of this subtitle is to establish a comprehensive and adequate regulatory system for gas utilities to assure rates, operations, and services that are just and reasonable to the consumers and to the utilities.(b)  Gas utilities are by definition monopolies in the areas they serve.  As a result, the normal forces of competition that regulate prices in a free enterprise society do not operate.  Public agencies regulate utility rates, operations, and services as a substitute for competition.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 101.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 101.004. Person Determined to Be Affiliate

Sec. 101.004.  PERSON DETERMINED TO BE AFFILIATE.  (a)  The railroad commission may determine that a person is an affiliate for purposes of this subtitle if the railroad commission after notice and hearing finds that the person:(1)  actually exercises substantial influence or control over the policies and actions of a gas utility;(2)  is a person over which a gas utility exercises the control described by Subdivision (1);(3)  is under common control with a gas utility;  or(4)  actually exercises substantial influence over the policies and actions of a gas utility in conjunction with one or more persons with whom the person is related by ownership or blood relationship, or by action in concert, that together they are affiliated with the gas utility within the meaning of this section even though neither person may qualify as an affiliate individually.(b)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(3), "common control with a gas utility" means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of another, without regard to whether that power is established through ownership or voting of securities or by any other direct or indirect means.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 101.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 101.005. Administrative Procedure

Sec. 101.005.  ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.  Chapter 2001, Government Code, applies to a proceeding under this subtitle except to the extent inconsistent with this subtitle.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 101.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 101.006. Cumulative Effect; Application to Gas Utilities

Sec. 101.006.  CUMULATIVE EFFECT;  APPLICATION TO GAS UTILITIES.  (a)  This subtitle is cumulative of laws existing on September 1, 1983, relating to the jurisdiction, power, or authority of the railroad commission over a gas utility, and, except as specifically in conflict with this subtitle, that jurisdiction, power, and authority are not limited by this subtitle.(b)  This subtitle applies to all gas utilities, including a gas utility that is under the jurisdiction, power, or authority of the railroad commission in accordance with a law other than this subtitle.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 101.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 101.007. Liberal Construction

Sec. 101.007.  LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.  This subtitle shall be construed liberally to promote the effectiveness and efficiency of regulation of gas utilities to the extent that this construction preserves the validity of this subtitle and its provisions.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 101.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 101.008. Construction With Federal Authority

Sec. 101.008.  CONSTRUCTION WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITY.  This subtitle shall be construed to apply so as not to conflict with any authority of the United States.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 101.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 101.009. State Authority to Sell or Convey Natural Gas

Sec. 101.009.  STATE AUTHORITY TO SELL OR CONVEY NATURAL GAS.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the General Land Office.(2)  "Public retail customer" means a retail customer that is an agency of this state, a state institution of higher education, a public school district, a political subdivision of this state, a military installation of the United States, or a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility.(b)  The commissioner, acting on behalf of the state, may sell or otherwise convey natural gas generated from royalties taken in kind as provided by Sections 52.133(f), 53.026, and 53.077, Natural Resources Code, directly to a public retail customer.(c)  To ensure that the state receives the maximum benefit from the sale of natural gas generated from royalties taken in kind, the commissioner shall use all feasible means to sell that natural gas first to public retail customers that are military installations of the United States, agencies of this state, institutions of higher education, or public school districts.  The remainder of the natural gas, if any, may be sold to public retail customers that are political subdivisions of this state or to a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 20, eff. May 27, 2003.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Utilities Code, Section 35.102 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 53 (H.B. 2263), Sec. 5, eff. May 17, 2019.|
TX Util § 101.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter B. Office of Public Utility Counsel|Section 101.051. Office of Public Utility Counsel

Sec. 101.051.  OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL.  The independent office of public utility counsel represents the interests of residential consumers.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 101.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter B. Office of Public Utility Counsel|Section 101.052. Office Powers and Duties

Sec. 101.052.  OFFICE POWERS AND DUTIES.  (a)  The office:(1)  may appear or intervene as a party or otherwise represent residential consumers, as a class, in appeals to the railroad commission only at the written request of an affected municipality's governing body;(2)  may initiate or intervene as a matter of right or otherwise appear in a judicial proceeding that involves an action taken by the railroad commission in a proceeding in which the office was a party;(3)  is entitled to the same access as a party, other than railroad commission staff, to records gathered by the railroad commission under Section 102.203;(4)  is entitled to discovery of any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to the subject matter of a proceeding or petition before the railroad commission;(5)  may represent an individual residential consumer with respect to the consumer's disputed complaint concerning utility services that is unresolved before the railroad commission;  and(6)  may recommend legislation to the legislature that the office determines would positively affect the interests of residential consumers.(b)  The office may represent only as a class the residential consumers of a municipality that makes a request under Subsection (a)(1).(c)  This section does not limit the authority of the railroad commission to represent residential consumers.(d)  The appearance of the counsellor in a proceeding does not preclude the appearance of other parties on behalf of residential consumers.  The counsellor may not be grouped with any other party.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 101.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter B. Office of Public Utility Counsel|Section 101.053. Prohibited Acts

Sec. 101.053.  PROHIBITED ACTS.  (a)  The counsellor may not:(1)  have a direct or indirect interest in a gas utility company regulated under this subtitle;  or(2)  provide legal services directly or indirectly to or be employed in any capacity by a gas utility company regulated under this subtitle, its parent, or its subsidiary companies, corporations, or cooperatives.(b)  The prohibition under Subsection (a) applies during the period of the counsellor's service and until the first anniversary of the date the counsellor ceases to serve as counsellor.(c)  This section does not prohibit a person from otherwise engaging in the private practice of law after the person ceases to serve as counsellor.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 101.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 3 - Gas Regulation|Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act|Chapter 101 - General Provisions and Office of Public Utility Counsel|Subchapter B. Office of Public Utility Counsel|Section 101.054. Personnel

Sec. 101.054.  PERSONNEL.  (a)  The counsellor may employ lawyers, economists, engineers, consultants, statisticians, accountants, clerical staff, and other employees as the counsellor determines necessary to carry out this subchapter.(b)  An employee receives compensation as prescribed by the legislature from the assessment imposed by Subchapter A, Chapter 16.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|