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Tex. Util. Code § 55.048 (2026)

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Sec. 55.048. CHARGES. (a) The incumbent local exchange company shall recover all costs incurred and all loss of revenue from an expansion of a toll-free local calling area under this subchapter through a request other than a revenue requirement showing by imposing a monthly fee under Subsection (b) or (c), or both.

(b) The company may impose a monthly fee against each residential and business customer in the petitioning exchange. The fee may not exceed $3.50 a line for a residential customer and $7 a line for a business customer unless the customer's toll-free local calling area includes more than five exchanges. The company may impose an additional monthly fee of $1.50 for each exchange in excess of five. This subsection applies regardless of the number of petitions required to obtain access to the exchanges. A company may impose a fee under this subsection only until the company's next general rate case.

(c) The company may impose a monthly fee against each of the company's local exchange service customers in this state. This fee is in addition to the company's local exchange rates.

(d) The company may not recover regulatory case expenses under this subchapter by imposing a surcharge on the subscribers of the petitioning exchange.

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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2006–2015 · leading case: ASAP Paging Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 213 S.W.3d 380 (Tex. App. 2006).

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ASAP Paging Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 213 S.W.3d 380 (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. UtiLCode Ann. § 55.048. 27 The PUC’s construction of PURA and PUC rules controls unless it is plainly erroneous.”

ASAP Paging, Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas & CenturyTel of San Marcos, Inc. (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 55.048 . The PUC’s construction of PURA and PUC rules controls unless it is plainly erroneous.”

Entergy Texas, Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, Off. of Pub. Util. Couns., & Texas Indus. Energy Consumers (Tex. App. 2015). “PURA, Tex. Util. Code § 55.048 (emphasis added).”

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