Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 24 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO WATER AND SEWER SERVICE PROVIDERS
Subchapter K - ENFORCEMENT, SUPERVISION, AND RECEIVERSHIP
Section 24.363 - Temporary Rates for Services Provided for a Nonfunctioning System

Universal Citation: 16 TX Admin Code § 24.363

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, upon sending written notice to the commission, a retail public utility other than a municipally owned utility or a water and sewer utility subject to the original rate jurisdiction of a municipality that takes over the provision of services for a nonfunctioning retail public water or sewer utility service provider may immediately begin charging the customers of the nonfunctioning system a temporary rate to recover the reasonable costs incurred for interconnection or other costs incurred in making services available and any other reasonable costs incurred to bring the nonfunctioning system into compliance with commission rules.

(b) Notice of the temporary rate must be provided to the customers of the nonfunctioning system no later than the first bill which includes the temporary rates.

(c) Within 90 days of receiving notice of the temporary rate increase, the commission will issue an order regarding the reasonableness of the temporary rates. In making the determination, the commission will consider information submitted by the retail public utility taking over the provision of service, the customers of the nonfunctioning system, or any other affected person.

(d) At the time the commission approves an acquisition of a nonfunctioning retail water or sewer utility service provider under Texas Water Code (TWC) §13.301, the commission must:

(1) determine the duration of the temporary rates to the retail public utility, which must be for a reasonable period; and

(2) rule on the reasonableness of the temporary rates under subsection (a) of this section if the commission did not make a ruling before the application was filed under TWC §13.301.

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