The commission may order mandatory extended area service in a specified metropolitan area if:
(1) there is a sufficient community of interest in the area; and
(2) the company can reasonably provide the service.
Tex. Util. Code § 55.022
MANDATORY SERVICE
Known as the Public Utility Regulatory Act
The act spans §§ 11–66 (1,170 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.