If a gas utility does not produce the service that it distributes, transmits, or furnishes to the public for compensation but obtains the service from another source, the regulatory authority may investigate the cost of that production in an investigation of the reasonableness of the gas utility's rates.
Tex. Util. Code § 104.152
INVESTIGATING COSTS OF OBTAINING SERVICE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE
Known as the Gas Utility Regulatory Act
The act spans §§ 101.001 to 105.051 (133 sections).
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.