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CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC v. Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided April 17, 2008No. 03-05-00557-CVPublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DAVID PURYEAR, Justice.

Our opinion and judgment issued on December 20, 2007, are withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted.

This appeal concerns the transition of Texas’s energy industry from a regulated market to a competitive one. When it approved the switch to a competitive market, the legislature contemplated the possibility that the switch might saddle formerly regulated utilities with costs that they would have recovered under regulation but would be unable to recover in a competitive market. As a result, the legislature enacted statutes authorizing utilities to recover…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Helena Chemical Co. v. WilkinsTexas Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Fleming Foods of Texas, Inc. v. RylanderTexas Supreme Court · 1999
  3. State v. Public Utility Com'n of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Continental Casualty Co. v. DownsTexas Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Bragg v. Edwards Aquifer AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. Bechtel Corp. v. CITGO PRODUCTS PIPELINE CO., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2008
  2. State v. Public Utility Com'n of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 2011
  3. State Ex Rel. Abbott v. Young, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2008
  4. Texas Coast Utilities Coalition v. Railroad CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 2014
  5. Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC v. Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2008

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