Tex. Utilities Code § 36.151
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 36.151, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 36.151. UNREASONABLE OR VIOLATIVE EXISTING RATES.
Official statutory text
(a) If the regulatory authority, on its own motion or on complaint by an affected person, after reasonable notice and hearing, finds that the existing rates of an electric utility for a service are unreasonable or in violation of law, the regulatory authority shall:
(1) enter an order establishing the just and reasonable rates to be observed thereafter, including maximum or minimum rates; and
(2) serve a copy of the order on the electric utility.
(b) The rates established under Subsection (a) constitute the legal rates of the electric utility until changed as provided by this title.
(1) enter an order establishing the just and reasonable rates to be observed thereafter, including maximum or minimum rates; and
(2) serve a copy of the order on the electric utility.
(b) The rates established under Subsection (a) constitute the legal rates of the electric utility until changed as provided by this title.
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