Gas utilities must keep and provide required business records in the form set by the railroad commission, and follow related directions from the regulatory authority.
Sec. 102.101. RECORDS OF GAS UTILITY. (a) Each gas utility shall keep and provide to the regulatory authority, in the manner and form prescribed by the railroad commission, uniform accounts of all business transacted by the gas utility. (b) The railroad commission may prescribe the form of books, accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by a gas utility, including: (1) the books, accounts, records, and memoranda of: (A) the provision of and capacity for service; and (B) the receipt and expenditure of money; and (2) any other form, record, and memorandum that the railroad commission considers necessary to carry out this subtitle. (c) For a gas utility subject to regulation by a federal regulatory agency, compliance with the system of accounts prescribed for the particular class of utilities by the federal agency may be considered sufficient compliance with the system prescribed by the railroad commission. The railroad commission may prescribe the form of books, accounts, records, and memoranda covering information in addition to that required by the federal agency. The system of accounts and the form of books, accounts, records, and memoranda prescribed by the railroad commission for a gas utility or class of utilities may not be inconsistent with the systems and forms established by a federal agency for that gas utility or class of utilities. (d) Each gas utility shall: (1) keep and provide its books, accounts, records, and memoranda accurately and faithfully in the manner and form prescribed by the railroad commission; and (2) comply with the directions of the regulatory authority relating to the books, accounts, records, and memoranda. (e) In this section, "gas utility" includes a municipally owned utility. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.