Supreme Court of Texas
Texas Muni. Power Agency v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 04-0751, 04-0752
Chapter 35 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) does not give the Public Utility Commission of Texas express or implied authority to revise a uniform sales rate, which includes charges for wholesale transmission service, set by contract between a municipally owned utility and its member cities.
Appellate Information
- Argued 10/18/2005
- Decided 12/14/2007
- Published 12/14/2007
Judges
- Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice O'NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, and Justice JOHNSON joined.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- R. Lambeth Townsend, Lloyd Gosselink Blevins Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., Lawrence S. Smith, Smith Majcher & Mudge, L.L.P., William B. Wagner, W. Wendell Hall, James R. Bailey, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Petitioner., Jo Campbell, Waco TX, for Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Elizabeth R.B. Sterling, Douglas Fraser, Greg Abbott, Edward D. Burbach, Karen Watson Kornell, Office of the Attorney General, Brook Bennett Brown, D.L. (Lin) Hughes, Marc O. Knisely, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Respondent.