{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-36.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 36.051","heading":"ESTABLISHING OVERALL REVENUES.","body":"In establishing an electric utility's rates, the regulatory authority shall establish the utility's overall revenues at an amount that will permit the utility a reasonable opportunity to earn a reasonable return on the utility's invested capital used and useful in providing service to the public in excess of the utility's reasonable and necessary operating expenses.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES","CHAPTER 36. RATES","SUBCHAPTER B. COMPUTATION OF RATES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.36.htm#36.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"c5f4f8b67024f6050c9a32c666d8b85c3b4911ddccfcc919ccaf9fa9504b5e38","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-36.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-36.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}