16 Tex. Admin. Code § 7.7005 - Authority to Set Rates
(a) This section
implements the authority of the Commission pursuant to Texas Natural Resources
Code, §
81.061.
(b) Terms used in this section shall have the
same meaning as in §
2.1 of this title (relating to
Informal Complaint Procedure); §
2.5 of this title (relating to
Informal Complaint Process Regarding Loss of or Inability to Account for Gas);
and §
7.115 of this title (relating to
Definitions).
(c) Except for rates
established under Texas Utilities Code, Chapter 103, or Texas Utilities Code,
Chapter 104, Subchapters C or G, the Commission may use a cost-of-service
method or a market-based rate method in setting a rate in a formal rate
proceeding.
(d) On the filing of a
complaint by a shipper or seller of natural gas, the Commission may set a
transportation or gathering rate in a formal rate proceeding if the Commission
determines that the rate is necessary to remedy unreasonable discrimination in
the provision of transportation or gathering services. The Commission may set a
rate regardless of whether the transporter or gatherer is classified as a
utility by other law.
(e) The
Commission may use a cost-of-service method or a market-based method in setting
a rate pursuant to this section in a formal rate proceeding conducted after
notice and an opportunity for hearing pursuant to Chapter 1 of this title
(relating to Practice and Procedure).
(f) In determining whether to use a
cost-of-service method or a market-based method to set rates for transportation
or gathering service, the Commission will consider all relevant factors in a
formal rate proceeding.
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