{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-81.061","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 81.061","heading":"AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MARKET-BASED RATES.","body":"(a) This section does not apply to rates established under Chapter 103, Utilities Code, or Subchapter C or G, Chapter 104, of that code.\n(b) The commission may use a cost-of-service method or a market-based rate method in setting a rate in a formal rate proceeding.\n(c) On the filing of a complaint by a shipper or seller of natural gas, the commission may set a transportation or gathering rate in a formal rate proceeding if the commission determines that the rate is necessary to remedy unreasonable discrimination in the provision of transportation or gathering services. The commission may set a rate regardless of whether the transporter or gatherer is classified as a utility by other law.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 757 (H.B. 3273), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 3. OIL AND GAS","SUBTITLE A. ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 81. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS","SUBCHAPTER C. JURISDICTION, POWERS, AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.81.htm#81.061","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"f2b0c9335d2cb24b677e67a680765b6915cf65efb1ba4db96ff7d6b2abffe211","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-81.060","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-81.062"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}