Industrial Utilities Service, Inc. v. Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

Appellant, Industrial Utilities Service, Inc., challenges the district court’s affirmance of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission’s order precluding Industrial Utilities from including certain rate case expenses in its costs of services to its customers. We will affirm the district court’s judgment.

BACKGROUND

Industrial Utilities is a privately owned water and wastewater utility governed by the Harris Galveston Coastal Subsidence District. To control subsidence in the coastal area, the District requires utilities to convert eighty percent of their water…