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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 36.001. Authorization to Establish and Regulate Rates - Sec. 36.001. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH AND REGULATE RATES. (a) The...
Section 36.002. Compliance With Title - Sec. 36.002. COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE. An electric utility may not...
Section 36.003. Just and Reasonable Rates - Sec. 36.003. JUST AND REASONABLE RATES. (a) The regulatory authority...
Section 36.004. Equality of Rates and Services - Sec. 36.004. EQUALITY OF RATES AND SERVICES. (a) An electric...
Section 36.005. Rates for Area Not in Municipality - Sec. 36.005. RATES FOR AREA NOT IN MUNICIPALITY. Without the...
Section 36.006. Burden of Proof - Sec. 36.006. BURDEN OF PROOF. In a proceeding involving a...
Section 36.007. Discounted Wholesale or Retail Rates - Sec. 36.007. DISCOUNTED WHOLESALE OR RETAIL RATES. (a) On application...
Section 36.008. State Transmission System - Sec. 36.008. STATE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. In establishing rates for an...
Section 36.009. Billing Demand for Certain Utility Customers - Sec. 36.009. BILLING DEMAND FOR CERTAIN UTILITY CUSTOMERS. Notwithstanding any...
Subchapter B. Computation of Rates
Section 36.051. Establishing Overall Revenues - Sec. 36.051. ESTABLISHING OVERALL REVENUES. In establishing an electric utility's...
Section 36.052. Establishing Reasonable Return - Sec. 36.052. ESTABLISHING REASONABLE RETURN. In establishing a reasonable return...
Section 36.053. Components of Invested Capital - Sec. 36.053. COMPONENTS OF INVESTED CAPITAL. (a) Electric utility rates...
Section 36.054. Construction Work in Progress - Sec. 36.054. CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS. (a) Construction work in...
Section 36.055. Separations and Allocations - Sec. 36.055. SEPARATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS. Costs of facilities, revenues, expenses,...
Section 36.056. Depreciation, Amortization, and Depletion - Sec. 36.056. DEPRECIATION, AMORTIZATION, AND DEPLETION. (a) The commission shall...
Section 36.057. Net Income; Determination of Revenues and Expenses - Sec. 36.057. NET INCOME; DETERMINATION OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES. (a)...
Section 36.058. Consideration of Payment to Affiliate - Sec. 36.058. CONSIDERATION OF PAYMENT TO AFFILIATE. (a) Except as...
Section 36.059. Treatment of Certain Tax Benefits - Sec. 36.059. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TAX BENEFITS. (a) In determining...
Section 36.060. Consolidated Income Tax Returns - Sec. 36.060. CONSOLIDATED INCOME TAX RETURNS. (a) If an expense...
Section 36.061. Allowance of Certain Expenses - Sec. 36.061. ALLOWANCE OF CERTAIN EXPENSES. (a) The regulatory authority...
Section 36.062. Consideration of Certain Expenses - Sec. 36.062. CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN EXPENSES. The regulatory authority may...
Section 36.063. Consideration of Profit or Loss From Sale or Lease of Merchandise - Sec. 36.063. CONSIDERATION OF PROFIT OR LOSS FROM SALE OR...
Section 36.064. Self-Insurance - Sec. 36.064. SELF-INSURANCE. (a) An electric utility may self-insure all...
Section 36.065. Pension and Other Postemployment Benefits - Sec. 36.065. PENSION AND OTHER POSTEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. (a) The regulatory...
Section 36.066. Costs Related to Reporting on Safety Processes and Inspections for Certain Utilities - Sec. 36.066. COSTS RELATED TO REPORTING ON SAFETY PROCESSES AND...
Subchapter C. General Procedures for Rate Changes Proposed by Utility
Section 36.101. Definition - Sec. 36.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "major change" means an...
Section 36.102. Statement of Intent to Change Rates - Sec. 36.102. STATEMENT OF INTENT TO CHANGE RATES. (a) Except...
Section 36.103. Notice of Intent to Change Rates - Sec. 36.103. NOTICE OF INTENT TO CHANGE RATES. (a) The...
Section 36.104. Early Effective Date of Rate Change - Sec. 36.104. EARLY EFFECTIVE DATE OF RATE CHANGE. (a) For...
Section 36.105. Determination of Propriety of Rate Change; Hearing - Sec. 36.105. DETERMINATION OF PROPRIETY OF RATE CHANGE; HEARING. (a)...
Section 36.106. Regional Hearing - Sec. 36.106. REGIONAL HEARING. The commission shall hold a regional...
Section 36.107. Preference to Hearing - Sec. 36.107. PREFERENCE TO HEARING. The regulatory authority shall: (1)...
Section 36.108. Rate Suspension; Deadline - Sec. 36.108. RATE SUSPENSION; DEADLINE. (a) Pending the hearing and...
Section 36.109. Temporary Rates - Sec. 36.109. TEMPORARY RATES. (a) The regulatory authority may establish...
Section 36.110. Bonded Rates - Sec. 36.110. BONDED RATES. (a) An electric utility may put...
Section 36.111. Establishment of Final Rates - Sec. 36.111. ESTABLISHMENT OF FINAL RATES. (a) If, after hearing,...
Section 36.112. Cost Recovery and Rate Adjustment Standards and Procedures for Certain Non-Ercot Utilities - Sec. 36.112. COST RECOVERY AND RATE ADJUSTMENT STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES...
Subchapter D. Rate Changes Proposed by Regulatory Authority
Section 36.151. Unreasonable or Violative Existing Rates - Sec. 36.151. UNREASONABLE OR VIOLATIVE EXISTING RATES. (a) If the...
Section 36.152. Investigating Costs of Obtaining Service From Another Source - Sec. 36.152. INVESTIGATING COSTS OF OBTAINING SERVICE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE....
Section 36.153. Rate-Filing Package - Sec. 36.153. RATE-FILING PACKAGE. (a) An electric utility shall file...
Section 36.154. Deadline - Sec. 36.154. DEADLINE. (a) The regulatory authority shall make a...
Section 36.155. Interim Order Establishing Temporary Rates - Sec. 36.155. INTERIM ORDER ESTABLISHING TEMPORARY RATES. (a) At any...
Section 36.156. Automatic Temporary Rates - Sec. 36.156. AUTOMATIC TEMPORARY RATES. (a) The rates charged by...
Section 36.157. Rate Review Schedule - Sec. 36.157. RATE REVIEW SCHEDULE. (a) This section applies only...
Subchapter E. Cost Recovery and Rate Adjustment
Section 36.201. Automatic Adjustment for Changes in Costs - Sec. 36.201. AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN COSTS. Except as...
Section 36.202. Adjustment for Change in Tax Liability - Sec. 36.202. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGE IN TAX LIABILITY. (a) The...
Section 36.203. Fuel Cost Recovery; Adjustment of Fuel Factor - Sec. 36.203. FUEL COST RECOVERY; ADJUSTMENT OF FUEL FACTOR. (a)...
Section 36.204. Cost Recovery and Incentives - Sec. 36.204. COST RECOVERY AND INCENTIVES. In establishing rates for...
Section 36.205. Purchased Power Cost Recovery - Sec. 36.205. PURCHASED POWER COST RECOVERY. (a) This section applies...
Section 36.206. Mark-Ups - Sec. 36.206. MARK-UPS. (a) A cost recovery factor established for...
Section 36.207. Use of Mark-Ups - Sec. 36.207. USE OF MARK-UPS. Any mark-ups approved under Section...
Section 36.208. Payment to Qualifying Facility - Sec. 36.208. PAYMENT TO QUALIFYING FACILITY. In establishing an electric...
Section 36.209. Recovery by Certain Non-Ercot Utilities of Certain Transmission Costs - Sec. 36.209. RECOVERY BY CERTAIN NON-ERCOT UTILITIES OF CERTAIN TRANSMISSION...
Section 36.210. Periodic Rate Adjustments - Sec. 36.210. PERIODIC RATE ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The commission or a...
Section 36.211. Relation Back of Rates for Certain Non-Ercot Utilities - Sec. 36.211. RELATION BACK OF RATES FOR CERTAIN NON-ERCOT UTILITIES....
Section 36.212. Rate Case Requirement for Certain Non-Ercot Utilities - Sec. 36.212. RATE CASE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN NON-ERCOT UTILITIES. (a)...
Section 36.213. Adjustment for Cybersecurity Monitor Costs for Certain Utilities - Sec. 36.213. ADJUSTMENT FOR CYBERSECURITY MONITOR COSTS FOR CERTAIN UTILITIES....
Section 36.214. Recovery of Generation Investment by Non-Ercot Utilities - Sec. 36.214. RECOVERY OF GENERATION INVESTMENT BY NON-ERCOT UTILITIES. (a)...
Subchapter H. Rates for Governmental Entities
Section 36.351. Discounted Rates for Certain Institutions of Higher Education - Sec. 36.351. DISCOUNTED RATES FOR CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION....
Section 36.352. Special Rate Class - Sec. 36.352. SPECIAL RATE CLASS. Notwithstanding any other provision of...
Section 36.353. Payment in Lieu of Tax - Sec. 36.353. PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAX. (a) A payment...
Section 36.354. Discounted Rates for Military Bases - Sec. 36.354. DISCOUNTED RATES FOR MILITARY BASES. (a) Notwithstanding any...
Subchapter I. Securitization for Recovery of System
Section 36.401. Securitization for Recovery of System Restoration Costs; Purpose - Sec. 36.401. SECURITIZATION FOR RECOVERY OF SYSTEM RESTORATION COSTS; PURPOSE....
Section 36.402. System Restoration Costs; Standards and Definitions - Sec. 36.402. SYSTEM RESTORATION COSTS; STANDARDS AND DEFINITIONS. (a) In...
Section 36.403. Standards and Procedures Governing Securitization and Recovery of System Restoration Costs - Sec. 36.403. STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING SECURITIZATION AND RECOVERY OF...
Section 36.404. Nonbypassable Charges - Sec. 36.404. NONBYPASSABLE CHARGES. The commission shall include terms in...
Section 36.405. Determination of System Restoration Costs - Sec. 36.405. DETERMINATION OF SYSTEM RESTORATION COSTS. (a) An electric...
Section 36.406. Severability - Sec. 36.406. SEVERABILITY. Effective on the date the first utility...
Subchapter J. Lower-Cost Financing Mechanism for Securitization for Recovery of System Restoration Costs
Section 36.451. Purpose and Applicability - Sec. 36.451. PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY. (a) Except as otherwise specifically...
Section 36.452. Definitions - Sec. 36.452. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this subchapter: (1) "Corporation" means...
Section 36.453. Creation of Corporation - Sec. 36.453. CREATION OF CORPORATION. (a) The corporation is a...
Section 36.454. Powers and Duties of Corporation - Sec. 36.454. POWERS AND DUTIES OF CORPORATION. (a) The corporation,...
Section 36.455. Commission Regulation of Corporation - Sec. 36.455. COMMISSION REGULATION OF CORPORATION. The commission shall regulate...
Section 36.456. Financing Order - Sec. 36.456. FINANCING ORDER. (a) This section applies to the...
Section 36.457. Severability - Sec. 36.457. SEVERABILITY. Effective on the date the first system...