Texas § 81.061 AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MARKET-BASED RATES.

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§ 81.061 — AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MARKET-BASED RATES.

Texas § 81.061

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Tex. Natural Resources Code Code Ann. § 81.061 (2026).

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Sec. 81.061. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MARKET-BASED RATES.

(a)This section does not apply to rates established under Chapter 103 , Utilities Code, or Subchapter C or G, Chapter 104, of that code.

(b)The commission may use a cost-of-service method or a market-based rate method in setting a rate in a formal rate proceeding.

(c)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.

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Sec. 81.061. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MARKET-BASED RATES. (a) This section does not apply to rates established under Chapter 103 , Utilities Code, or Subchapter C or G, Chapter 104, of that code.
(b) The commission may use a cost-of-service method or a market-based rate method in setting a rate in a formal rate proceeding.
(c) 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.