Tex. Utilities Code § 52.201
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 52.201, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 52.201. DEREGULATION OF SERVICE.
Official statutory text
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission may deregulate the price of a service in a geographic market if, after notice and hearing, the commission determines that:
(1) the incumbent local exchange company is not dominant for the service in that geographic market; or
(2) the holder of a certificate of operating authority who is a dominant carrier is no longer dominant for the service in that geographic market.
(1) the incumbent local exchange company is not dominant for the service in that geographic market; or
(2) the holder of a certificate of operating authority who is a dominant carrier is no longer dominant for the service in that geographic market.
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