Sec. 13.186. UNREASONABLE OR VIOLATIVE EXISTING RATES; INVESTIGATING COSTS OF OBTAINING SERVICE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE. (a) If the regulatory authority, after reasonable notice and hearing, on its own motion or on complaint by any affected person, finds that the existing rates of any utility for any service are unreasonable or in any way in violation of any law, the regulatory authority shall determine the just and reasonable rates, including maximum or minimum rates, to be observed and in force, and shall fix the same by order to be served on the utility. Those rates constitute the legal rates of the utility until changed as provided in this chapter.
(b) If a utility does not itself produce that which it distributes, transmits, or furnishes to the public for compensation, but obtains it from another source, the regulatory authority may investigate the cost of that production in any investigation of the reasonableness of the rates of the utility.
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 3.005, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Water Administration
Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services
Subchapter F. Proceedings Before Regulatory Authority
Section 13.181. Power to Ensure Compliance; Rate Regulation
Section 13.182. Just and Reasonable Rates
Section 13.183. Fixing Overall Revenues
Section 13.184. Fair Return; Burden of Proof
Section 13.185. Components of Invested Capital and Net Income
Section 13.1861. Rates Charged State
Section 13.1872. Class D Utilities: Rate Adjustment
Section 13.1873. Application Rules
Section 13.188. Adjustment for Change in Energy Costs
Section 13.189. Unreasonable Preference or Prejudice as to Rates or Services
Section 13.190. Equality of Rates and Services