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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 104.001. Authorization to Establish and Regulate Rates - Sec. 104.001. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH AND REGULATE RATES. (a) The...
Section 104.002. Compliance With Subtitle - Sec. 104.002. COMPLIANCE WITH SUBTITLE. A gas utility may not:...
Section 104.003. Just and Reasonable Rates - Sec. 104.003. JUST AND REASONABLE RATES. (a) The regulatory authority...
Section 104.004. Unreasonable Preference or Prejudice Prohibited - Sec. 104.004. UNREASONABLE PREFERENCE OR PREJUDICE PROHIBITED. A gas utility...
Section 104.005. Equality of Rates and Services - Sec. 104.005. EQUALITY OF RATES AND SERVICES. (a) A gas...
Section 104.006. Rates for Area Not in Municipality - Sec. 104.006. RATES FOR AREA NOT IN MUNICIPALITY. Without the...
Section 104.007. Discrimination and Restriction on Competition - Sec. 104.007. DISCRIMINATION AND RESTRICTION ON COMPETITION. A gas utility...
Section 104.008. Burden of Proof - Sec. 104.008. BURDEN OF PROOF. In a proceeding involving a...
Subchapter B. Computation of Rates
Section 104.051. Establishing Overall Revenues - Sec. 104.051. ESTABLISHING OVERALL REVENUES. In establishing a gas utility's...
Section 104.052. Establishing Fair Rate of Return - Sec. 104.052. ESTABLISHING FAIR RATE OF RETURN. The regulatory authority...
Section 104.053. Components of Adjusted Value of Invested Capital - Sec. 104.053. COMPONENTS OF ADJUSTED VALUE OF INVESTED CAPITAL. (a)...
Section 104.054. Depreciation, Amortization, and Depletion - Sec. 104.054. DEPRECIATION, AMORTIZATION, AND DEPLETION. (a) The railroad commission...
Section 104.055. Net Income; Allowable Expenses - Sec. 104.055. NET INCOME; ALLOWABLE EXPENSES. (a) Net income shall...
Section 104.056. Treatment of Certain Tax Benefits - Sec. 104.056. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TAX BENEFITS. (a) In determining...
Section 104.057. Consideration of Certain Expenses - Sec. 104.057. CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN EXPENSES. (a) In establishing a...
Section 104.058. Consideration of Profit or Loss From Sale or Lease of Merchandise - Sec. 104.058. CONSIDERATION OF PROFIT OR LOSS FROM SALE OR...
Section 104.059. Pension and Other Postemployment Benefits - Sec. 104.059. PENSION AND OTHER POSTEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. (a) In establishing...
Section 104.060. Consideration of Compensation and Benefit Expenses - Sec. 104.060. CONSIDERATION OF COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT EXPENSES. (a) In...
Subchapter C. Rate Changes Proposed by Utility
Section 104.101. Definition - Sec. 104.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "major change" means an...
Section 104.102. Statement of Intent to Increase Rates - Sec. 104.102. STATEMENT OF INTENT TO INCREASE RATES. (a) A...
Section 104.103. Notice of Intent to Increase Rates - Sec. 104.103. NOTICE OF INTENT TO INCREASE RATES. (a) The...
Section 104.104. Early Effective Date of Rate Increase - Sec. 104.104. EARLY EFFECTIVE DATE OF RATE INCREASE. (a) For...
Section 104.105. Determination of Propriety of Rate Change; Hearing - Sec. 104.105. DETERMINATION OF PROPRIETY OF RATE CHANGE; HEARING. (a)...
Section 104.106. Preference to Hearing - Sec. 104.106. PREFERENCE TO HEARING. The regulatory authority shall: (1)...
Section 104.107. Rate Suspension; Deadline - Sec. 104.107. RATE SUSPENSION; DEADLINE. (a) Pending the hearing and...
Section 104.108. Temporary Rates - Sec. 104.108. TEMPORARY RATES. (a) The regulatory authority may establish...
Section 104.109. Bonded Rates - Sec. 104.109. BONDED RATES. (a) A gas utility may put...
Section 104.110. Establishment of Final Rates - Sec. 104.110. ESTABLISHMENT OF FINAL RATES. (a) If, after hearing,...
Section 104.111. Approval of Decrease in Rates - Sec. 104.111. APPROVAL OF DECREASE IN RATES. Notwithstanding any other...
Section 104.112. Surcharge to Recover Relocation Costs - Sec. 104.112. SURCHARGE TO RECOVER RELOCATION COSTS. (a) This section...
Subchapter D. Rate Changes Proposed by Commission
Section 104.151. Unreasonable or Violative Existing Rates - Sec. 104.151. UNREASONABLE OR VIOLATIVE EXISTING RATES. (a) If the...
Section 104.152. Investigating Costs of Obtaining Service From Another Source - Sec. 104.152. INVESTIGATING COSTS OF OBTAINING SERVICE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE....
Subchapter E. Rates for Governmental Entities
Section 104.201. Transportation Rates Between Gas Utility or Municipally Owned Utility and State Agency - Sec. 104.201. TRANSPORTATION RATES BETWEEN GAS UTILITY OR MUNICIPALLY OWNED...
Section 104.202. Excluded Expenses - Sec. 104.202. EXCLUDED EXPENSES. (a) The rates that a gas...
Section 104.203. Payment in Lieu of Tax - Sec. 104.203. PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAX. (a) A payment...
Subchapter F. Services
Section 104.251. General Standard - Sec. 104.251. GENERAL STANDARD. A gas utility shall furnish service,...
Section 104.252. Authority of Regulatory Authority Concerning Standards - Sec. 104.252. AUTHORITY OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY CONCERNING STANDARDS. A regulatory...
Section 104.253. Rule or Standard - Sec. 104.253. RULE OR STANDARD. (a) A gas utility may...
Section 104.254. Service - Sec. 104.254. SERVICE. A gas utility or municipally owned utility...
Section 104.2545. Required Service to Public Retail Customer - Sec. 104.2545. REQUIRED SERVICE TO PUBLIC RETAIL CUSTOMER. (a) In...
Section 104.255. Billing - Sec. 104.255. BILLING. (a) A gas utility or municipally owned...
Section 104.2551. Electronic Billing - Sec. 104.2551. ELECTRONIC BILLING. A gas utility or municipally owned...
Section 104.256. Examination and Test of Instrument or Equipment; Inspection - Sec. 104.256. EXAMINATION AND TEST OF INSTRUMENT OR EQUIPMENT; INSPECTION....
Section 104.257. Inspection for Consumer - Sec. 104.257. INSPECTION FOR CONSUMER. (a) A consumer may have...
Section 104.258. Disconnection of Gas Service - Sec. 104.258. DISCONNECTION OF GAS SERVICE. (a) In this section:...
Subchapter G. Interim Cost Recovery and Rate Adjustment
Section 104.301. Interim Adjustment for Changes in Investment - Sec. 104.301. INTERIM ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN INVESTMENT. (a) A...
Subchapter H. Protection Against Utility Service Disconnection
Section 104.351. Definitions - Sec. 104.351. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Customer" means any...
Section 104.352. Notice of Disconnection to Municipalities for Nonsubmetered Master Metered Multifamily Properties - Sec. 104.352. NOTICE OF DISCONNECTION TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR NONSUBMETERED MASTER...
Section 104.353. Additional Safeguards - Sec. 104.353. ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS. (a) The customer safeguards provided by...
Subchapter I. Customer Rate Relief Bonds
Section 104.361. Purpose; Railroad Commission Duty - Sec. 104.361. PURPOSE; RAILROAD COMMISSION DUTY. (a) The purpose of...
Section 104.362. Definitions - Sec. 104.362. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Ancillary agreement" means...
Section 104.363. Extraordinary Costs - Sec. 104.363. EXTRAORDINARY COSTS. For the purposes of this subchapter,...
Section 104.364. Jurisdiction and Powers of Railroad Commission and Other Regulatory Authorities - Sec. 104.364. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF RAILROAD COMMISSION AND OTHER...
Section 104.365. Regulatory Asset Determination - Sec. 104.365. REGULATORY ASSET DETERMINATION. (a) The railroad commission, on...
Section 104.366. Financing Orders and Issuance of Customer Rate Relief Bonds - Sec. 104.366. FINANCING ORDERS AND ISSUANCE OF CUSTOMER RATE RELIEF...
Section 104.367. Property Rights - Sec. 104.367. PROPERTY RIGHTS. (a) Customer rate relief bonds are...
Section 104.368. Property Interest Not Subject to Setoff, Counterclaim, Surcharge, or Defense - Sec. 104.368. PROPERTY INTEREST NOT SUBJECT TO SETOFF, COUNTERCLAIM, SURCHARGE,...
Section 104.369. Customer Rate Relief Charges Nonbypassable - Sec. 104.369. CUSTOMER RATE RELIEF CHARGES NONBYPASSABLE. A financing order...
Section 104.370. True-Up Mechanism - Sec. 104.370. TRUE-UP MECHANISM. (a) A financing order must include...
Section 104.371. Security Interests; Assignment; Commingling; Default - Sec. 104.371. SECURITY INTERESTS; ASSIGNMENT; COMMINGLING; DEFAULT. (a) Customer rate...
Section 104.372. Bond Proceeds in Trust - Sec. 104.372. BOND PROCEEDS IN TRUST. (a) The issuing financing...
Section 104.373. Repayment of Customer Rate Relief Bonds - Sec. 104.373. REPAYMENT OF CUSTOMER RATE RELIEF BONDS. (a) As...
Section 104.374. Pledge of State - Sec. 104.374. PLEDGE OF STATE. (a) Customer rate relief bonds...
Section 104.375. Tax Exemption - Sec. 104.375. TAX EXEMPTION. (a) The sale or purchase of...
Section 104.376. Recoverable Tax Expense - Sec. 104.376. RECOVERABLE TAX EXPENSE. A tax obligation of the...
Section 104.377. Issuing Financing Entity or Financing Party Not Public Utility - Sec. 104.377. ISSUING FINANCING ENTITY OR FINANCING PARTY NOT PUBLIC...
Section 104.378. No Personal Liability - Sec. 104.378. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY. A commissioner of the railroad...
Section 104.379. Catastrophic Weather Event Study - Sec. 104.379. CATASTROPHIC WEATHER EVENT STUDY. (a) The railroad commission...
Section 104.380. Severability - Sec. 104.380. SEVERABILITY. After the date customer rate relief bonds...