Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities
Chapter 53 - Rates

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 53.001. Authorization to Establish and Regulate Rates - Sec. 53.001. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH AND REGULATE RATES. (a) Except...

Section 53.002. Compliance With Title - Sec. 53.002. COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE. A utility may not charge...

Section 53.003. Just and Reasonable Rates - Sec. 53.003. JUST AND REASONABLE RATES. (a) The commission shall...

Section 53.004. Equality of Rates and Services - Sec. 53.004. EQUALITY OF RATES AND SERVICES. (a) A public...

Section 53.005. Rates for Area Not in Municipality - Sec. 53.005. RATES FOR AREA NOT IN MUNICIPALITY. Without the...

Section 53.006. Burden of Proof - Sec. 53.006. BURDEN OF PROOF. (a) In a proceeding involving...

Section 53.007. Limit on Reconnection Fee - Sec. 53.007. LIMIT ON RECONNECTION FEE. The commission shall establish...

Subchapter B. Computation of Rates

Section 53.051. Establishing Overall Revenues - Sec. 53.051. ESTABLISHING OVERALL REVENUES. In establishing a public utility's...

Section 53.052. Establishing Reasonable Return - Sec. 53.052. ESTABLISHING REASONABLE RETURN. In establishing a reasonable return...

Section 53.053. Components of Invested Capital - Sec. 53.053. COMPONENTS OF INVESTED CAPITAL. (a) Public utility rates...

Section 53.054. Construction Work in Progress - Sec. 53.054. CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS. (a) Construction work in...

Section 53.055. Separations and Allocations - Sec. 53.055. SEPARATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS. Costs of facilities, revenues, expenses,...

Section 53.056. Depreciation, Amortization, and Depletion - Sec. 53.056. DEPRECIATION, AMORTIZATION, AND DEPLETION. (a) The commission shall...

Section 53.057. Net Income; Determination of Revenues and Expenses - Sec. 53.057. NET INCOME; DETERMINATION OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES. (a)...

Section 53.058. Consideration of Payment to Affiliate - Sec. 53.058. CONSIDERATION OF PAYMENT TO AFFILIATE. (a) Except as...

Section 53.059. Treatment of Certain Tax Benefits - Sec. 53.059. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TAX BENEFITS. (a) In determining...

Section 53.060. Computation of Income Tax; Consolidated Return - Sec. 53.060. COMPUTATION OF INCOME TAX; CONSOLIDATED RETURN. (a) Unless...

Section 53.061. Allowance of Certain Expenses - Sec. 53.061. ALLOWANCE OF CERTAIN EXPENSES. (a) The commission may...

Section 53.062. Consideration of Certain Expenses - Sec. 53.062. CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN EXPENSES. The commission may not...

Section 53.063. Consideration of Profit or Loss From Sale or Lease of Merchandise - Sec. 53.063. CONSIDERATION OF PROFIT OR LOSS FROM SALE OR...

Section 53.064. Self-Insurance - Sec. 53.064. SELF-INSURANCE. (a) A public utility may self-insure all...

Section 53.065. Interexchange Services; Rates of Incumbent Local Exchange Company - Sec. 53.065. INTEREXCHANGE SERVICES; RATES OF INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANY....

Subchapter C. General Procedures for Rate Change Proposed by Utility

Section 53.101. Definition - Sec. 53.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "major change" means an...

Section 53.102. Statement of Intent to Change Rates - Sec. 53.102. STATEMENT OF INTENT TO CHANGE RATES. (a) A...

Section 53.103. Notice of Intent to Change Rates - Sec. 53.103. NOTICE OF INTENT TO CHANGE RATES. (a) The...

Section 53.104. Early Effective Date of Rate Change - Sec. 53.104. EARLY EFFECTIVE DATE OF RATE CHANGE. (a) For...

Section 53.105. Determination of Propriety of Change; Hearing - Sec. 53.105. DETERMINATION OF PROPRIETY OF CHANGE; HEARING. (a) If...

Section 53.106. Regional Hearing - Sec. 53.106. REGIONAL HEARING. The commission shall hold a regional...

Section 53.107. Preference to Hearing - Sec. 53.107. PREFERENCE TO HEARING. The commission shall: (1) give...

Section 53.108. Rate Suspension; Deadline - Sec. 53.108. RATE SUSPENSION; DEADLINE. (a) Pending the hearing and...

Section 53.109. Temporary Rates - Sec. 53.109. TEMPORARY RATES. (a) The commission may establish temporary...

Section 53.110. Bonded Rates - Sec. 53.110. BONDED RATES. (a) A utility may put a...

Section 53.111. Establishment of Final Rates - Sec. 53.111. ESTABLISHMENT OF FINAL RATES. (a) If, after hearing,...

Section 53.112. Expiration of Suspension; Effect on Certain Rates - Sec. 53.112. EXPIRATION OF SUSPENSION; EFFECT ON CERTAIN RATES. (a)...

Section 53.113. Fcc-Approved Tariffs for Switched-Access Service - Sec. 53.113. FCC-APPROVED TARIFFS FOR SWITCHED-ACCESS SERVICE. (a) An incumbent...

Subchapter D. Rate Changes Proposed by Commission

Section 53.151. Unreasonable or Violative Existing Rates - Sec. 53.151. UNREASONABLE OR VIOLATIVE EXISTING RATES. (a) If the...

Section 53.152. Investigating Costs of Obtaining Service From Another Source - Sec. 53.152. INVESTIGATING COSTS OF OBTAINING SERVICE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE....

Subchapter E. Cost Recovery and Rate Adjustments

Section 53.201. Automatic Adjustment for Change in Costs Prohibited - Sec. 53.201. AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGE IN COSTS PROHIBITED. The...

Subchapter F. Regulatory Policy for Small Incumbent Local Exchange Companies and Cooperatives

Section 53.251. General Policy - Sec. 53.251. GENERAL POLICY. Regulatory policy should recognize that: (1)...

Section 53.252. Adoption of Certain Policies - Sec. 53.252. ADOPTION OF CERTAIN POLICIES. Notwithstanding any other provision...

Subchapter G. Special Procedures for Small Local Exchange Companies and Cooperatives

Section 53.301. Definition - Sec. 53.301. DEFINITION. (a) In this subchapter, "minor change" means...

Section 53.302. Applicability - Sec. 53.302. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply to an...

Section 53.303. Provisions Not Exclusive - Sec. 53.303. PROVISIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE. This subchapter does not prohibit:...

Section 53.304. Procedure to Offer Certain Services or Make Minor Changes - Sec. 53.304. PROCEDURE TO OFFER CERTAIN SERVICES OR MAKE MINOR...

Section 53.305. Notice to Affected Customers - Sec. 53.305. NOTICE TO AFFECTED CUSTOMERS. (a) A company shall...

Section 53.306. Commission Review of Proposed Change - Sec. 53.306. COMMISSION REVIEW OF PROPOSED CHANGE. (a) The commission...

Section 53.307. Compliance With Principles; Reduced Rates - Sec. 53.307. COMPLIANCE WITH PRINCIPLES; REDUCED RATES. A rate established...

Section 53.308. Fees and Assessments - Sec. 53.308. FEES AND ASSESSMENTS. The commission may prescribe and...

Subchapter H. Partial Deregulation Available to Certain Cooperative Corporations

Section 53.351. Provisions Not Exclusive - Sec. 53.351. PROVISIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE. (a) This subchapter does not:...

Section 53.352. Partial Deregulation by Ballot - Sec. 53.352. PARTIAL DEREGULATION BY BALLOT. (a) An incumbent local...

Section 53.353. Voting Procedures - Sec. 53.353. VOTING PROCEDURES. The commission by rule shall prescribe...

Section 53.354. Procedure to Offer Certain Services or Make Certain Changes - Sec. 53.354. PROCEDURE TO OFFER CERTAIN SERVICES OR MAKE CERTAIN...

Section 53.355. Statement of Intent - Sec. 53.355. STATEMENT OF INTENT. (a) A cooperative must file...

Section 53.356. Notice to Affected Persons - Sec. 53.356. NOTICE TO AFFECTED PERSONS. (a) The cooperative shall...

Section 53.357. Filing of Affidavits Verifying Notice - Sec. 53.357. FILING OF AFFIDAVITS VERIFYING NOTICE. Not later than...

Section 53.358. Commission Review of Proposed Action - Sec. 53.358. COMMISSION REVIEW OF PROPOSED ACTION. (a) The commission...

Section 53.359. Reversal of Deregulation by Ballot - Sec. 53.359. REVERSAL OF DEREGULATION BY BALLOT. (a) A cooperative...

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Texas Statutes Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities Chapter 53 - Rates

Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities
Chapter 53 - Rates