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Tex. Util. Code § 104.005 (2026)

Equality Of Rates And Services

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Sec. 104.005. EQUALITY OF RATES AND SERVICES. (a) A gas utility may not directly or indirectly charge, demand, collect, or receive from a person a greater or lesser compensation for a service provided or to be provided by the utility than the compensation prescribed by the applicable schedule of rates filed under Section 102.151.

(b) A person may not knowingly receive or accept a service from a gas utility for a compensation greater or less than the compensation prescribed by the schedules. A rate charged and collected by a gas utility on September 1, 1983, may be continued until schedules are filed.

(c) After notice and hearing, the railroad commission may, in the public interest, order a gas utility to refund with interest compensation received in violation of this section.

(d) This subtitle does not prevent a cooperative corporation from returning to its members net earnings resulting from its operations in proportion to the members' purchases from or through the corporation.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 2000–2013 · leading case: Entex v. R.R. Com'n of Texas, 18 S.W.3d 858 (Tex. App. 2000).
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Entex v. R.R. Com'n of Texas, 18 S.W.3d 858 (Tex. App. 2000). · cites it 4× “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 104.005 (a) (West 1998).”
Centerpoint Energy Entex v. R.R. Comm'n, 208 S.W.3d 608 (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 104.005 (c) (West 1998).”
Canas v. Centerpoint Energy Resources Corp., 418 S.W.3d 312 (Tex. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “Under the Gas Utility Regulatory Act, the Texas Legislature codified the filed-rate doctrine in the Texas Utilities Code § 104.005(a). This section states: A gas utility may not directly or indirectly charge, demand, collect, or receive from a person a greater or lesser…”
Entex, a Div. of Reliant Energy Resources Corp., Formerly Known as Entex, a Div. of Noram Energy Corp. v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas (Tex. App. 2000). · cites it 4× “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 104.005 (a) (West 1998).”
CenterPoint Energy Entex v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas, Victor Carrillo, Elizabeth A. Jones, Michael Williams, City of Tyler & State of Texas (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 104.005 (c) (West 1998).”
CenterPoint Energy Entex v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas, Victor Carrillo, Elizabeth A. Jones, Michael Williams, City of Tyler & State of Texas (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 104.005 (c) (West 1998).”
CenterPoint Energy Entex v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas, Victor Carrillo, Elizabeth A. Jones, Michael Williams, City of Tyler & State of Texas (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 104.005 (c) (West 1998).”
CenterPoint Energy Entex v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas, Victor Carrillo, Elizabeth A. Jones, Michael Williams, City of Tyler & State of Texas (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 104.005 (c) (West 1998).”
CenterPoint Energy Entex v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas, Victor Carrillo, Elizabeth A. Jones, Michael Williams, City of Tyler & State of Texas (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 104.005 (c) (West 1998).”
CenterPoint Energy Entex v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas, Victor Carrillo, Elizabeth A. Jones, Michael Williams, City of Tyler & State of Texas (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 104.005 (c) (West 1998).”
Felicita Del Carmen Canas as Next Friend of Yenifer Estefani Canas Escobar, Javier Enrique Canas Escobar & Beatriz Abigail Del Carmen Canas, Minors v. CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (Tex. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “Under the Gas Utility Regulatory Act, the Texas Legislature codified the filed-rate doctrine in the Texas Utilities Code § 104.005(a). This section states: A gas utility may not directly or indirectly charge, demand, collect, or receive from a person a greater or lesser…”
Tex. Util. Code § 104.005(a): 4 cases
Entex v. R.R. Com'n of Texas, 18 S.W.3d 858 (Tex. App. 2000). “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 104.005 (a) (West 1998).”
Centerpoint Energy Entex v. R.R. Comm'n, 208 S.W.3d 608 (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 104.005 (c) (West 1998).”
Canas v. Centerpoint Energy Resources Corp., 418 S.W.3d 312 (Tex. App. 2013). “Under the Gas Utility Regulatory Act, the Texas Legislature codified the filed-rate doctrine in the Texas Utilities Code § 104.005(a). This section states: A gas utility may not directly or indirectly charge, demand, collect, or receive from a person a greater or lesser…”
Felicita Del Carmen Canas as Next Friend of Yenifer Estefani Canas Escobar, Javier Enrique Canas Escobar & Beatriz Abigail Del Carmen Canas, Minors v. CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (Tex. App. 2013). “Under the Gas Utility Regulatory Act, the Texas Legislature codified the filed-rate doctrine in the Texas Utilities Code § 104.005(a). This section states: A gas utility may not directly or indirectly charge, demand, collect, or receive from a person a greater or lesser…”
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