Revocación de Certificados de Servicios Públicos en Texas

Sec. 13.254. DECERTIFICATION INITIATED BY UTILITY COMMISSION OR UTILITY; EXPEDITED RELEASE INITIATED BY LANDOWNER. (a) The utility commission at any time after notice and hearing may revoke or amend Statute text rendered on: 1/1/2024 - 460 - WATER CODE any certificate of public convenience and necessity with the written consent of the certificate holder or if the utility commission finds that: (1) the certificate holder has never provided, is no longer providing, is incapable of providing, or has failed to provide continuous and adequate service in the area, or part of the area, covered by the certificate; (2) in an affected county as defined in Section 16.341, the cost of providing service by the certificate holder is so prohibitively expensive as to constitute denial of service, provided that, for commercial developments or for residential developments started after September 1, 1997, in an affected county as defined in Section 16.341, the fact that the cost of obtaining service from the currently certificated retail public utility makes the development economically unfeasible does not render such cost prohibitively expensive in the absence of other relevant factors; (3) the certificate holder has agreed in writing to allow another retail public utility to provide service within its service area, except for an interim period, without amending its certificate; or (4) the certificate holder has failed to file a cease and desist action pursuant to Section 13.252 within 180 day