United States Fifth Circuit

The Public Utility Commission's rule, which states that a legally enforceable obligation to purchase power arises only when a qualified facility can deliver power within 90 days, does not run afoul of Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/17/2005
• Published 08/18/2005

Judges

• EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, SMITH and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Clifford B. Levine (argued), Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburg, PA, Robert McRae O'Boyle, Strasburger & Price, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Kristen L. Worman, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX, for Public Utility Com'n of Texas, Barry T. Smitherman, Julie Parsley and Paul Hudson., Louis S. Zimmerman (argued), James Elliott Guy, Fulbright & Jaworski, Austin, TX, for Texas New Mexico Power Co.