# Tex. Utilities Code § 104.005: EQUALITY OF RATES AND SERVICES

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.005

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Utilities Code § 104.005
- **Heading:** EQUALITY OF RATES AND SERVICES
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.005

## Text

(a) A gas utility may not directly or indirectly charge, demand, collect, or receive from a person a greater or lesser compensation for a service provided or to be provided by the utility than the compensation prescribed by the applicable schedule of rates filed under Section 102.151.

(b) A person may not knowingly receive or accept a service from a gas utility for a compensation greater or less than the compensation prescribed by the schedules. A rate charged and collected by a gas utility on September 1, 1983, may be continued until schedules are filed.

(c) After notice and hearing, the railroad commission may, in the public interest, order a gas utility to refund with interest compensation received in violation of this section.

(d) This subtitle does not prevent a cooperative corporation from returning to its members net earnings resulting from its operations in proportion to the members' purchases from or through the corporation.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.001 § 104.001. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH AND REGULATE RATES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.001.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.002 § 104.002. COMPLIANCE WITH SUBTITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.002.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.003 § 104.003. JUST AND REASONABLE RATES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.003.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.004 § 104.004. UNREASONABLE PREFERENCE OR PREJUDICE PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.004.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.005 § 104.005. EQUALITY OF RATES AND SERVICES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.005.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.006 § 104.006. RATES FOR AREA NOT IN MUNICIPALITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.006.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.007 § 104.007. DISCRIMINATION AND RESTRICTION ON COMPETITION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.007.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.008 § 104.008. BURDEN OF PROOF.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.008.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.051 § 104.051. ESTABLISHING OVERALL REVENUES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.051.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.052 § 104.052. ESTABLISHING FAIR RATE OF RETURN.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.052.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.053 § 104.053. COMPONENTS OF ADJUSTED VALUE OF INVESTED CAPITAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.053.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.054 § 104.054. DEPRECIATION, AMORTIZATION, AND DEPLETION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.054.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.055 § 104.055. NET INCOME; ALLOWABLE EXPENSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.055.md)
- [Tex. Utilities Code § 104.056 § 104.056. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TAX BENEFITS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cut_C104_S104.056.md)

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