Texas Utilities Code
§ 33.0211 — RATES AND FEES CHARGED BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES
UT § 33.0211Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 33. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF MUNICIPALITY · Art. B. RATE DETERMINATION
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to a municipally owned utility that is located in a municipality that is considered to be a defunding municipality under Chapter 109, Local Government Code.
(b)The governing body of a municipally owned utility may not charge a customer:
(1)at a rate higher than the rate the customer was charged or would have been charged on January 1 of the year that the municipality was determined to be a defunding municipality;
(2)any customer fees in amounts higher than the customer fees the customer was charged or would have been charged on January 1 of the year that the municipality was determined to be a defunding municipality; or
(3)any types of customer fees that the customer was not charged or would not have been charged on January 1 of the year that the municipality was determined to be a defunding municipality.
(c)If a municipally owned utility has not transferred funds to the defunding municipality described by Subsection (a) in the immediately preceding 12 months, the municipally owned utility may increase its rates to account for:
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Legislative history
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595), Sec. 22.002, eff. September 1, 2023.