Texas Utilities Code 104.364 – Jurisdiction and Powers of Railroad Commission and Other Regulatory Authorities
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(a) The railroad commission may authorize the issuance of customer rate relief bonds if the requirements of § 104.366 are met.
(b) The railroad commission may assess to a gas utility costs associated with administering this subchapter. Assessments must be recovered from rate-regulated customers as part of gas cost.
Terms Used In Texas Utilities Code 104.364
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The railroad commission has exclusive, original jurisdiction to issue financing orders that authorize the creation of customer rate relief property. Customer rate relief property must be created and vested in an issuing financing entity and does not constitute property of the railroad commission or any gas utility.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (c), this subchapter does not limit or impair a regulatory authority’s plenary jurisdiction over the rates, charges, and services rendered by gas utilities in this state under Chapter 102.