Tex. Utilities Code § 58.205
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 58.205, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 58.205. EXTENSION OR WAIVER OF INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS.
Official statutory text
(a) For an electing company that serves more than one million but fewer than two million access lines, the commission may temporarily extend a deadline prescribed by Section 58.203 if the company demonstrates that the extension is in the public interest.
(b) For an electing company that serves fewer than one million access lines, the commission may waive a requirement prescribed by Section 58.203 if the company demonstrates that the investment is not viable economically.
(c) Before granting a waiver under Subsection (b), the commission must consider the public benefits that would result from compliance with the requirement.
(b) For an electing company that serves fewer than one million access lines, the commission may waive a requirement prescribed by Section 58.203 if the company demonstrates that the investment is not viable economically.
(c) Before granting a waiver under Subsection (b), the commission must consider the public benefits that would result from compliance with the requirement.
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