Texas Utilities Code - UTIL § 58.055. Rate Adjustment by Company

(a) An electing company may increase a rate for a basic network service during the election period prescribed by Section 58.054 only:

(b) Notwithstanding Subchapter F, Chapter 60,  1 an electing company may, on its own initiative, decrease a rate for a basic network service during the electing period.

(c) The company may decrease the rate for a basic local telecommunications service to an amount above the service's appropriate cost.  If the company has been required to perform or has elected to perform a long run incremental cost study, the appropriate cost for the service is the service's long run incremental cost.