Tex. Util. Code § 36.156 · Subchapter D. RATE CHANGES PROPOSED BY REGULATORY AUTHORITY
AUTOMATIC TEMPORARY RATES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The rates charged by the electric utility on the 185th day after the date the utility files the rate-filing package required by Section 36.153 automatically become temporary rates if:
(1) the 185-day period has been extended under Section 36.154(b); and
(2) the regulatory authority has not issued a final order or established temporary rates for the electric utility on or before the 185th day.
(b) On issuance of a final order, the regulatory authority:
(1) shall require the electric utility to refund to customers or to credit against future bills:
(A) money collected under the temporary rates in excess of the rate finally ordered; and
(B) interest on that money, at the current interest rate as determined by the commission; or
(2) shall authorize the electric utility to surcharge bills to recover:
(A) the amount by which the money collected under the temporary rates is less than the money that would have been collected under the rate finally ordered; and
(B) interest on that amount, at the current interest rate as determined by the commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.36.htm
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