Tex. Util. Code § 53.006 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
BURDEN OF PROOF.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a proceeding involving a proposed rate change, the public utility has the burden of proving that:
(1) the rate change is just and reasonable, if the utility proposes the change; or
(2) an existing rate is just and reasonable, if the proposal is to reduce the rate.
(b) In a proceeding in which the rate of an incumbent local exchange company is in issue, the incumbent local exchange company has the burden of proving that the rate is just and reasonable.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.53.htm
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Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Util. Code § 53.006. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Utilities Code
- Tex. Util. Code § 52.054RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANIES.Printed as Sections 53.003, 53.006, 53.051, 53.052, 53.053, 53.054, 53.055, 53.057, 53.058, 53.060, and 53.062
- Tex. Util. Code § 58.052REGULATION OF SERVICES.Printed as Sections 53.001, 53.003, 53.004, 53.006, 53.065, 55.005, 55.006, 55.009, and 55.010
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