{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.152","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 37.152","heading":"GROUNDS FOR REDUCTION OF SERVICE.","body":"(a) Unless the commission issues a certificate that the present and future convenience and necessity will not be adversely affected, a certificate holder may not discontinue, reduce, or impair service to any part of the holder's certificated service area except for:\n(1) nonpayment of charges;\n(2) nonuse; or\n(3) another similar reason that occurs in the usual course of business.\n(b) A discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service must be in compliance with and subject to any condition or restriction the commission prescribes.\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 37. CERTIFICATES OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY","SUBCHAPTER D. REGULATION OF SERVICES, AREAS, AND FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.37.htm#37.152","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"c26d1a505168a488ecb2dd39523fe983e16faa66f8b67cb86cd1b489b5848a79","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.151","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.153"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}