{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-104.103","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 104.103","heading":"NOTICE OF INTENT TO INCREASE RATES.","body":"(a) The gas utility shall:\n(1) publish, in conspicuous form, notice to the public of the proposed increase once each week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in each county containing territory affected by the proposed increase; and\n(2) provide notice of the proposed increase to any other affected person as required by the regulatory authority's rules.\n(b) Instead of publishing newspaper notice, a gas utility may provide notice by:\n(1) mailing the notice by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the billing address of each directly affected customer;\n(2) including the notice, in conspicuous form, in the bill of each directly affected customer; or\n(3) sending the notice by e-mail to each directly affected customer if that address is available to the utility.\n(c) A gas utility may provide a customer with notice of the utility's intent to increase rates by e-mail as described by Subsection (b)(3) only if the customer has consented in writing to the use of the customer's e-mail address for that purpose.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 103 (S.B. 885), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 3. GAS REGULATION","SUBTITLE A. GAS UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","CHAPTER 104. RATES AND SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C. RATE CHANGES PROPOSED BY UTILITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.104.htm#104.103","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"c3208d91576a3c372f3f08d17ed5afef1ab119a31b67121cfe3c8c23dd6b97d8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-104.102","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-104.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}