Texas Utilities Code - UTIL § 104.201. Transportation Rates Between Gas Utility or Municipally Owned Utility and State Agency

(a) Notwithstanding Section 104.003(b), absent a contract for transportation service between a state agency and a gas utility or municipally owned utility, the railroad commission, not later than the 210th day after the date either party files a request to set a transportation rate, shall establish the transportation rate for the state agency.  The commission has exclusive original jurisdiction to establish a transportation rate for a state agency under this section.

(b) The railroad commission shall base its determination of the transportation rate under Subsection (a) on the cost of providing the transportation service for both the distribution system and the transmission system, as applicable, of the gas utility or municipally owned utility.

(c) The railroad commission may order temporary rates under Subsection (a) as provided for under the commission's appellate jurisdiction.