Texas Utilities Code

§ 53.003 — JUST AND REASONABLE RATES

UT § 53.003Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES · Ch. 53. RATES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)The commission shall ensure that each rate a public utility or two or more public 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)A public 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.