Texas Utilities Code

§ 36.003 — JUST AND REASONABLE RATES

UT § 36.003Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 36. RATES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)The regulatory authority shall ensure that each rate an electric utility or two or more electric utilities jointly make, demand, or receive is just and reasonable.

(b)A rate may not be unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or discriminatory but must be sufficient, equitable, and consistent in application to each class of consumer.

(c)An electric utility may not:

(1)grant an unreasonable preference or advantage concerning rates to a person in a classification;

(2)subject a person in a classification to an unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage concerning rates; or

(3)establish or maintain an unreasonable difference concerning rates between localities or between classes of service.

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Legislative history

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