Tex. Util. Code § 104.258 · Subchapter F. SERVICES
DISCONNECTION OF GAS SERVICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Extreme weather emergency" means a period during which the previous day's highest temperature did not exceed 32 degrees Fahrenheit and the temperature is predicted to remain at or below that level for the next 24 hours according to the nearest National Weather Service reports.
(2) "Provider" means:
(A) a gas utility, as defined by Sections 101.003 and 121.001; and
(B) an owner, operator, or manager of a mobile home park or apartment who purchases natural gas through a master meter for delivery to a dwelling unit in a mobile home park or apartment house under Chapter 124.
(b) A provider may not disconnect natural gas service to a residential customer on a weekend day unless personnel of the provider are available on that day to take payments and reconnect service.
(c) A provider may not disconnect natural gas service to a residential customer during an extreme weather emergency. The provider shall defer collection of the full payment of bills that are due during an extreme weather emergency until after the emergency is over and shall work with customers to establish a pay schedule for deferred bills.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.104.htm
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