City of Houston v. Public Utility Commission

SHANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment of the district court of Travis County dismissing an administrative appeal.

Appellants, the Cities of Houston and Baytown, filed the administrative appeal from an order of the Public Utility Commission entered in an electric utility rate proceeding. Appellee Houston Lighting and Power Company intervened in the district court suit and filed its plea to the jurisdiction and motion to dismiss, claiming that the cities had no justiciable interest or standing to file the administrative appeal. The district court rendered judgment sustaining…