Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 26 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS
Subchapter D - RECORDS, REPORTS, AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION
Section 26.73 - Annual Earnings Report

Universal Citation: 16 TX Admin Code § 26.73

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

(a) Each utility must file with the commission, on commission-prescribed forms available on the commission's website, an earnings report providing the information required to enable the commission to properly monitor public utilities within the state. A deregulated or transitioning company is not required to file an earnings report with the commission unless the company is receiving support from the Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan.

(1) Each utility must report information related to the most recent calendar year as specified in the instructions to the report.

(2) Each utility must file a copy of the commission-prescribed earnings report with the commission no later than May 15th of each year.

(3) A utility with a rate proceeding pending before the commission on the due date of the annual earnings report, pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA), Chapter 53, in which a rate filing package is required, or who had a final order issued in such a proceeding within the previous 12 months, is exempt from filing the report.

(b) In addition to the utilities required to file under subsection (a) of this section, a telecommunications provider must file with the commission the provider's annual earnings report if the provider:

(1) Is not a local exchange company subject to a total support reduction plan under § 26.403 of this title (relating to the Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan (THCUSP)) or that has made an election under PURA §56.023(l);

(2) Serves greater than 31,000 access lines; and

(3) Receives support under a plan established under PURA §56.021(1).

(c) A report filed under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure under the Texas Government Code, Public Information Act, Chapter 552.

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