Public Utility Commission of Texas v. City of Austin

CARROLL, Justice.

The Public Utility Commission (“the Commission”) and appellant ratepayers 1 appeal from a declaratory judgment rendered in favor of the City of Austin. The district court’s final judgment declared, in part, that the Legislature’s attempted delegation of authority to review rates of municipally-owned utilities to the Commission under § 26(c) of the Public Utilities Regula tory Act (PURA) was unconstitutional due to the absence of legislatively established standards. We will reverse the district court’s judgment.

THE CONTROVERSY

The City of Austin owns and operates its own…