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Tex. Util. Code § 104.005

EQUALITY OF RATES AND SERVICES

Known as the Gas Utility Regulatory Act

The act spans §§ 101–105 (133 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Centerpoint Energy Entex v. Railroad Commission (2006)

Most recently applied in Centerpoint Energy Entex v. Railroad Commission (July 2006)

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

(a) A gas utility may not directly or indirectly charge, demand, collect, or receive from a person a greater or lesser compensation for a service provided or to be provided by the utility than the compensation prescribed by the applicable schedule of rates filed under Section 102.151.

(b) A person may not knowingly receive or accept a service from a gas utility for a compensation greater or less than the compensation prescribed by the schedules. A rate charged and collected by a gas utility on September 1, 1983, may be continued until schedules are filed.

(c) After notice and hearing, the railroad commission may, in the public interest, order a gas utility to refund with interest compensation received in violation of this section.

(d) This subtitle does not prevent a cooperative corporation from returning to its members net earnings resulting from its operations in proportion to the members' purchases from or through the corporation.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.