Sec. 104.005. EQUALITY OF RATES AND SERVICES. (a) A gas utility may not directly or indirectly charge, demand, collect, or receive from a person a greater or lesser compensation for a service provided or to be provided by the utility than the compensation prescribed by the applicable schedule of rates filed under Section 102.151.
(b) A person may not knowingly receive or accept a service from a gas utility for a compensation greater or less than the compensation prescribed by the schedules. A rate charged and collected by a gas utility on September 1, 1983, may be continued until schedules are filed.
(c) After notice and hearing, the railroad commission may, in the public interest, order a gas utility to refund with interest compensation received in violation of this section.
(d) This subtitle does not prevent a cooperative corporation from returning to its members net earnings resulting from its operations in proportion to the members' purchases from or through the corporation.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Gas Utility Regulatory Act
Chapter 104 - Rates and Services
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 104.001. Authorization to Establish and Regulate Rates
Section 104.002. Compliance With Subtitle
Section 104.003. Just and Reasonable Rates
Section 104.004. Unreasonable Preference or Prejudice Prohibited
Section 104.005. Equality of Rates and Services
Section 104.006. Rates for Area Not in Municipality
Section 104.007. Discrimination and Restriction on Competition