Tex. Utilities Code § 36.152
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 36.152, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 36.152. INVESTIGATING COSTS OF OBTAINING SERVICE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.
Official statutory text
If an electric utility does not produce or generate the service that it distributes, transmits, or furnishes to the public for compensation but obtains the service from another source, the regulatory authority may investigate the cost of that production or generation in an investigation of the reasonableness of the electric utility's rates.
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