Tex. Utilities Code § 58.054
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 58.054, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 58.054. RATES CAPPED.
Official statutory text
(a) As a condition of election under this chapter, an electing company shall commit to not increasing a rate for a basic network service on or before the fourth anniversary of its election date.
(b) The rates an electing company may charge on or before that fourth anniversary are the rates charged by the company on June 1, 1995, or, for a company that elects under this chapter after September 1, 1999, the rates charged on the date of its election, without regard to a proceeding pending under:
(1) Section 15.001;
(2) Subchapter D, Chapter 53; or
(3) Subchapter G, Chapter 2001, Government Code.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), the cap on the rates for basic network services for a company electing under this chapter may not expire before September 1, 2005.
(b) The rates an electing company may charge on or before that fourth anniversary are the rates charged by the company on June 1, 1995, or, for a company that elects under this chapter after September 1, 1999, the rates charged on the date of its election, without regard to a proceeding pending under:
(1) Section 15.001;
(2) Subchapter D, Chapter 53; or
(3) Subchapter G, Chapter 2001, Government Code.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), the cap on the rates for basic network services for a company electing under this chapter may not expire before September 1, 2005.
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