| (a) Each utility must file with the commission, on
commission-prescribed forms available on the commission's website,
an earnings report providing the information required to enable the
commission to properly monitor public utilities within the state.
A deregulated or transitioning company is not required to file an
earnings report with the commission unless the company is receiving
support from the Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan.
(1) Each utility must report information related to
the most recent calendar year as specified in the instructions to
the report.
(2) Each utility must file a copy of the commission-prescribed
earnings report with the commission no later than May 15th of each
year.
(3) A utility with a rate proceeding pending before
the commission on the due date of the annual earnings report, under
Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA), Chapter 53, in which a rate
filing package is required, or who had a final order issued in such
a proceeding within the previous 12 months, is exempt from filing
the report.
(b) In addition to the utilities required to file under
subsection (a) of this section, a telecommunications provider must
file with the commission the provider's annual earnings report if
the provider:
(1) Is not a local exchange company subject to a total
support reduction plan under §26.403 of this title (relating
to the Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan) or that has made an
election under PURA §56.023(l);
(2) Serves greater than 31,000 access lines; and
(3) Receives support under a plan established under
PURA §56.021(1).
(c) A report filed under this section is confidential
and not subject to disclosure under the Texas Government Code, Public
Information Act, Chapter 552.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §26.73 adopted to be effective September 8, 1998, 23 TexReg 9046; amended to be effective May 3, 2007, 32 TexReg 2358; amended to be effective April 4, 2012, 37 TexReg 2178; amended to be effective April 7, 2014, 39 TexReg 2499; amended to be effective December 21, 2023, 48 TexReg 7524 |
