16 Tex. Admin. Code § 26.73
Annual Earnings Report
Effective Dec 21, 202348 TexReg 7524Source 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.Texas Secretary of State
(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.
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.