Sec. 104.103.  NOTICE OF INTENT TO INCREASE RATES.  (a)  The gas utility shall:
(1)  publish, in conspicuous form, notice to the public of the proposed increase once each week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in each county containing territory affected by the proposed increase;  and
(2)  provide notice of the proposed increase to any other affected person as required by the regulatory authority's rules.
(b)  Instead of publishing newspaper notice, a gas utility may provide notice by:
(1)  mailing the notice by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the billing address of each directly affected customer;
(2)  including the notice, in conspicuous form, in the bill of each directly affected customer; or
(3)  sending the notice by e-mail to each directly affected customer if that address is available to the utility.
(c)  A gas utility may provide a customer with notice of the utility's intent to increase rates by e-mail as described by Subsection (b)(3) only if the customer has consented in writing to the use of the customer's e-mail address for that purpose.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 103 (S.B. 885), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.