Sec. 53.108. RATE SUSPENSION; DEADLINE. (a) Pending the hearing and a decision, the commission, after delivering to the utility a written statement of the commission's reasons, may suspend the rate change for not longer than 150 days after the date the rate change would otherwise be effective.
(b) The 150-day period prescribed by Subsection (a) shall be extended two days for each day the actual hearing on the merits of the case exceeds 15 days.
(c) If the commission does not make a final determination concerning a rate change before expiration of the suspension period, the commission is considered to have approved the change. This approval is subject to the authority of the commission thereafter to continue a hearing in progress.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act
Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities
Subchapter C. General Procedures for Rate Change Proposed by Utility
Section 53.102. Statement of Intent to Change Rates
Section 53.103. Notice of Intent to Change Rates
Section 53.104. Early Effective Date of Rate Change
Section 53.105. Determination of Propriety of Change; Hearing
Section 53.106. Regional Hearing
Section 53.107. Preference to Hearing
Section 53.108. Rate Suspension; Deadline
Section 53.109. Temporary Rates
Section 53.111. Establishment of Final Rates
Section 53.112. Expiration of Suspension; Effect on Certain Rates
Section 53.113. Fcc-Approved Tariffs for Switched-Access Service