Texas Utilities Code

§ 14.054 — SETTLEMENTS

UT § 14.054Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES · Ch. 14. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES · Art. B. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

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(a)The commission by rule shall adopt procedures governing the use of settlements to resolve contested cases.

(b)Rules adopted under this section must ensure that:

(1)each party retains the right to:

(A)a full hearing before the commission on issues that remain in dispute; and

(B)judicial review of issues that remain in dispute;

(2)an issue of fact raised by a nonsettling party may not be waived by a settlement or stipulation of the other parties; and

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Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.