Sec. 104.103. NOTICE OF INTENT TO INCREASE RATES

(a) The gas utility shall:

(1) publish, in conspicuous form, notice to the public of the proposed increase once each week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in each county containing territory affected by the proposed increase; and

(2) provide notice of the proposed increase to any other affected person as required by the regulatory authority's rules.

(b) Instead of publishing newspaper notice, a gas utility may provide notice to the public in an area outside the affected municipality or in a municipality with a population of less than 2,500 by:

(1) mailing the notice by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the billing address of each directly affected customer; or

(2) including the notice, in conspicuous form, in the bill of each directly affected customer.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.