Legal Opinion
Reliant Energy, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided March 20, 2003No. 03-02-00001-CVPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.
In this direct appeal, we must determine whether the Public Utility Commission erred in promulgating a rule governing stranded-cost recovery for formerly regulated electric utilities. See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 39.001(e), (f) (West Supp. 2003). Stranded costs represent prudently incurred expenditures made by the utilities during regulation — previously recoverable over time through regulated rates — that have become unrecoverable in a deregulated market. Utilities are permitted to recover their stranded costs as part of the transition to competition in Texas.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State v. Public Utility Com'n of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 2001
- Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund v. Del Industrial, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2000
- Public Utility Commission v. GTE-Southwest, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1995
- Central Power & Light Co./Cities of Alice v. Public Utility Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2001
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3Cited by53 opinions
- State, Office of Public Utility Counsel v. Public Utility Commission of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2004
- CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC v. Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2008
- Centerpoint Energy, Inc. v. Public Utility CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 2004
- Reliant Energy, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2004
- AEP Texas Central Co. v. Public Utility Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2009
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