Title UT, Utilities Code

Sec. 103.022. RATE ASSISTANCE AND COST REIMBURSEMENT. (a) The governing body of a municipality participating in or conducting a ratemaking proceeding may engage rate consultants, accountants, auditors, attorneys, and engineers to: (1) conduct investigations, present evidence, and…

Sec. 103.023. MUNICIPAL STANDING. (a) A municipality has standing in each case before the railroad commission that relates to a gas utility's rates and services in the municipality. (b) A municipality's standing is subject to the right of the railroad commission to consolidate th…

Sec. 103.024. JUDICIAL REVIEW. A municipality is entitled to judicial review of a railroad commission order relating to a gas utility's rates and services in a municipality as provided by Section 105.001. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. SUBCHAPTER C. AP…

Sec. 103.051. APPEAL BY PARTY. A party to a rate proceeding before a municipality's governing body may appeal the governing body's decision to the railroad commission. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sec. 103.052. APPEAL BY RESIDENTS. The residents of a municipality may appeal to the railroad commission the decision of the municipality's governing body in a rate proceeding by filing with the railroad commission a petition for review signed by a number of qualified voters of t…

Sec. 103.053. APPEAL BY RATEPAYERS OUTSIDE MUNICIPALITY. (a) The ratepayers of a municipally owned utility who are outside the municipality may appeal to the railroad commission an action of the municipality's governing body affecting the municipally owned utility's rates by fili…

Sec. 103.054. FILING OF APPEAL. (a) An appeal under this subchapter is initiated by filing a petition for review with the railroad commission and serving a copy of the petition on each party to the original rate proceeding. (b) The appeal must be initiated not later than the 30th…

Sec. 103.055. HEARING AND ORDER. (a) An appeal under this subchapter is de novo and based on the test year presented to the municipality adjusted for known changes and conditions that are measurable with reasonable accuracy. (b) The railroad commission shall enter a final order e…

Sec. 103.056. APPLICABILITY OF RATES. Temporary or permanent rates set by the railroad commission are prospective and observed from the date of the applicable railroad commission order, except an interim rate order necessary to provide a gas utility the opportunity to avoid confi…