Tex. Utilities Code § 37.152
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 37.152, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 37.152. GROUNDS FOR REDUCTION OF SERVICE.
Official statutory text
(a) Unless the commission issues a certificate that the present and future convenience and necessity will not be adversely affected, a certificate holder may not discontinue, reduce, or impair service to any part of the holder's certificated service area except for:
(1) nonpayment of charges;
(2) nonuse; or
(3) another similar reason that occurs in the usual course of business.
(b) A discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service must be in compliance with and subject to any condition or restriction the commission prescribes.
(1) nonpayment of charges;
(2) nonuse; or
(3) another similar reason that occurs in the usual course of business.
(b) A discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service must be in compliance with and subject to any condition or restriction the commission prescribes.
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