Tex.
Utils. Code Section 121.103
Duty to Serve Certain Users Extinguished
(a)
A gas utility that provides gas to a customer does not have an obligation to serve the customer or to maintain the gas supply or physical capacity to serve the customer if the customer:(1)
is a transportation, industrial, commercial, or other similar large-volume contract customer;(2)
is an end-use customer of the gas utility;(3)
reduces or ceases the purchase of natural gas or natural gas service from the gas utility; and(4)
purchases natural gas or natural gas service from another supplier or purchases an alternate form of energy.(b)
Subsection (a) does not apply to the extent that:(1)
the customer continues to purchase natural gas or natural gas service of any class from the gas utility; or(2)
the gas utility has a written contract to provide natural gas or natural gas service of any class to the customer.(c)
This section does not prevent the railroad commission from requiring a gas utility to comply with an order of the railroad commission in apportioning gas under a curtailment plan and order.(d)
Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a gas utility that has provided gas to a commercial customer is obligated to serve that customer if the gas utility has a sufficient gas supply and physical capacity to do so without reducing service to its other customers.
Source:
Section 121.103 — Duty to Serve Certain Users Extinguished, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.121.htm#121.103 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
