Sec. 53.053. COMPONENTS OF INVESTED CAPITAL. (a) Public utility rates shall be based on the original cost, less depreciation, of property used by and useful to the utility in providing service.
(b) The original cost of property shall be determined at the time the property is dedicated to public use, whether by the utility that is the present owner or by a predecessor.
(c) In this section, "original cost" means the actual money cost or the actual money value of consideration paid other than money.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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