The commission may enter any order necessary to protect the public interest if the commission finds after notice and hearing that a telecommunications utility has:
(1) failed to maintain statewide average rates;
(2) abandoned interexchange message telecommunications service to a local exchange area in a manner contrary to the public interest;
(3) engaged in a pattern of preferential or discriminatory activities prohibited by Section 53.003, 55.005, or 55.006; or
(4) failed to pass switched access rate reductions to customers under Chapter 56 or other law, as required by Section 52.112.
Official text of the Texas Utilities Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.