{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-36.156","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 36.156","heading":"AUTOMATIC TEMPORARY RATES.","body":"(a) The rates charged by the electric utility on the 185th day after the date the utility files the rate-filing package required by Section 36.153 automatically become temporary rates if:\n(1) the 185-day period has been extended under Section 36.154(b); and\n(2) the regulatory authority has not issued a final order or established temporary rates for the electric utility on or before the 185th day.\n(b) On issuance of a final order, the regulatory authority:\n(1) shall require the electric utility to refund to customers or to credit against future bills:\n(A) money collected under the temporary rates in excess of the rate finally ordered; and\n(B) interest on that money, at the current interest rate as determined by the commission; or\n(2) shall authorize the electric utility to surcharge bills to recover:\n(A) the amount by which the money collected under the temporary rates is less than the money that would have been collected under the rate finally ordered; and\n(B) interest on that amount, at the current interest rate as determined by the commission.\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 D. RATE CHANGES PROPOSED BY REGULATORY AUTHORITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.36.htm#36.156","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"c8b84bbb2aed4d140d1a8db6643305f637b2a48f7b2e5faeb452a437a3a1058c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-36.155","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-36.157"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}