context: . Apparently, in Texas no one can have a vested right in a utility rate until the rate is administratively and judicially final.
citation_a.signal: but see
citation_a.identifier: 358 A.2d 1, 22
citation_a.parenthetical: "[E]stablished rates are presumed to be valid while they are in force and ... neither the commission nor the court has the power to alter such rules retroactively."
citation_a.sentence: Southwestern Bell v. PUC, 615 S.W.2d at 957 (holding that the Commission, on remand, can set the effective date of a rate to be the effective date of the original Commission activity); but see New England Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Public Util. Comm’n, 116 R.I. 356, 358 A.2d 1, 22 (1976) ("[E]stablished rates are presumed to be valid while they are in force and ... neither the commission nor the court has the power to alter such rules retroactively.")
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 615 S.W.2d 957, 957
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that the Commission, on remand, can set the effective date of a rate to be the effective date of the original Commission activity
citation_b.sentence: Southwestern Bell v. PUC, 615 S.W.2d at 957 (holding that the Commission, on remand, can set the effective date of a rate to be the effective date of the original Commission activity); but see New England Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Public Util. Comm’n, 116 R.I. 356, 358 A.2d 1, 22 (1976) ("[E]stablished rates are presumed to be valid while they are in force and ... neither the commission nor the court has the power to alter such rules retroactively.")