Texas Utilities Code - Section 56.025. Maintenance Of Rates And Expansion Of Fund For Certain Companies
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§ 56.025. MAINTENANCE OF RATES AND EXPANSION OF FUND FOR
CERTAIN COMPANIES. (a) In addition to the authority provided by
Section 56.021, for each local exchange company that serves fewer
than 31,000 access lines and each cooperative, the commission:
(1) may adopt a mechanism necessary to maintain
reasonable rates for local exchange telephone service; and
(2) shall adopt rules to expand the universal service
fund in the circumstances prescribed by this section.
(b) The commission shall implement a mechanism through the
universal service fund to replace the reasonably projected
reduction in high cost assistance revenue caused by a commission
order, rule, or policy. This subsection does not apply to an order
entered in a proceeding related to an individual company's revenue
requirements.
(c) The commission shall implement a mechanism to replace
the reasonably projected change in revenue caused by a Federal
Communications Commission order, rule, or policy that changes:
(1) the federal universal service fund revenue of a
local exchange company; or
(2) costs or revenue assigned to the intrastate
jurisdiction.
(d) The commission shall implement a mechanism to replace
the reasonably projected reduction in contribution caused by a
change of commission policy regarding intraLATA "1-plus" dialing
access. In this subsection, "contribution" means the average
intraLATA long distance message telecommunications service revenue
per minute, including intraLATA toll pooling and associated
impacts, less the average message telecommunications service cost
per minute less the average contribution from switched access
multiplied by the projected change in intraLATA "1-plus" minutes of
use.
(e) The commission shall implement a mechanism to replace
the reasonably projected increase in costs or decrease in revenue
of the intrastate jurisdiction caused by another governmental
agency's order, rule, or policy.
(f) A mechanism implemented under Subsection (c), (d), or
(e) must be through:
(1) an increase in rates, if the increase would not
adversely affect universal service; or
(2) the universal service fund.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended
by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 2, § 13, eff. Sept. 1,
2005.
Section: 55.308 56.001 56.002 56.021 56.022 56.023 56.024 56.025 56.026 56.028 56.029 56.030 56.031 56.032 56.101
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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