Lone Star Gas Co. v. EFP CORP.

EFP Corporation operates a plastic molding manufacturing plant using natural gas purchased from Lone Star Gas Company. From November 3, 1993 to March 5, 1995, EFP was a commercial customer paying rates set by Lone Star’s franchise with the City of Marlin, where EFP’s plant is located. Since March 6, 1995, EFP has purchased gas under an industrial contract with Lone Star. In August 1997, Lone Star discovered that it had been charging EFP for only about ten percent of EFP’s actual consumption because it had mistakenly read only the first five of the six dials on EFP’s meter. Lone Star…