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Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 65 Deregulation Of Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Company MarketsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Utilities Code > Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 65 Deregulation Of Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Company Markets It is the policy of this state to provide for full rate and service competition in the telecommunications market of this state so that customers ... In this chapter: (1) "Deregulated company" means an incumbent local exchange company for which all of the company's markets have been deregulated. (2) "Market" means ... (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the commission has authority to implement and enforce this chapter. (b) The commission may adopt rules and ... (a) The commission may collect and compile information from all telecommunications providers as necessary to implement and enforce this chapter. (b) The commission shall maintain ... This chapter does not affect a customer's right to complain to the commission regarding a telecommunications provider. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), all markets of all incumbent local exchange companies are deregulated on January 1, 2006, unless the commission determines ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the commission shall: (1) determine whether each market of an incumbent local exchange company should remain regulated on ... (a) Notwithstanding Section 65.052, an incumbent local exchange company may elect to have all of the company's markets remain regulated on and after January 1, ... (a) After July 1, 2007, a company may petition the commission to deregulate a market that the commission previously determined should remain regulated. (b) If ... (a) This section applies only to a market of an incumbent local exchange company in which the population in the area included in the market ... (a) A deregulated company may petition the commission to relinquish the company's certificate of convenience and necessity and receive a certificate of operating authority. (b) ... (a) A deregulated company that holds a certificate of operating authority issued under this subchapter is a nondominant carrier governed in the same manner as ... A transitioning company is governed by this subchapter and the provisions of this title that applied to the company immediately before the date the company ... (a) A transitioning company may: (1) exercise pricing flexibility in a market in the manner provided by Section 58.063 one day after providing an informational ... (a) In a market that remains regulated, a transitioning company shall price the company's retail services in accordance with the provisions that applied to that ... (a) On the date the last market of an incumbent local exchange company is deregulated, the company shall reduce both the company's originating and terminating ... (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a transitioning company that has more than three million access lines in service in this state on ... (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a company that is classified as a transitioning company effective January 1, 2006, and that has not ... (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a company that is classified as a transitioning company after January 1, 2006, shall reduce both the ... (a) After a deregulated or transitioning company reduces the company's rates under this subchapter, the company may not increase those rates above the applicable rates ... (a) In this subchapter, " committee" means the telecommunications competitiveness legislative oversight committee. (b) The committee is composed of nine members as follows: (1) the ... (a) The committee shall conduct joint public hearings with the commission at least annually regarding the introduction of full competition to telecommunications services in this ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |