Tex.
Utils. Code Section 101.052
Office Powers and Duties
(a)
The office:(1)
may appear or intervene as a party or otherwise represent residential consumers, as a class, in appeals to the railroad commission only at the written request of an affected municipality’s governing body;(2)
may initiate or intervene as a matter of right or otherwise appear in a judicial proceeding that involves an action taken by the railroad commission in a proceeding in which the office was a party;(3)
is entitled to the same access as a party, other than railroad commission staff, to records gathered by the railroad commission under Section 102.203 (Inspection);(4)
is entitled to discovery of any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to the subject matter of a proceeding or petition before the railroad commission;(5)
may represent an individual residential consumer with respect to the consumer’s disputed complaint concerning utility services that is unresolved before the railroad commission; and(6)
may recommend legislation to the legislature that the office determines would positively affect the interests of residential consumers.(b)
The office may represent only as a class the residential consumers of a municipality that makes a request under Subsection (a)(1).(c)
This section does not limit the authority of the railroad commission to represent residential consumers.(d)
The appearance of the counsellor in a proceeding does not preclude the appearance of other parties on behalf of residential consumers. The counsellor may not be grouped with any other party.
Source:
Section 101.052 — Office Powers and Duties, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.101.htm#101.052 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
