Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
UTILITIES CODE |
Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT |
Subtitle C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES |
Chapter 53. RATES |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 53.003. JUST AND REASONABLE RATES
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(a) The commission shall ensure that each rate a public utility or two or more public utilities jointly make, demand, or receive is just and reasonable.
(b) A rate may not be unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or discriminatory but must be sufficient, equitable, and consistent in application to each class of consumer.
(c) A public utility may not:
(1) grant an unreasonable preference or advantage concerning rates to a person in a classification;
(2) subject a person in a classification to an unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage concerning rates; or
(3) establish or maintain an unreasonable difference concerning rates between localities or between classes of service.
(d) In establishing a public utility's rates, the commission may treat as a single class two or more municipalities that a public utility serves if the commission considers that treatment to be appropriate.