Legal Opinion
Office of Public Utility Counsel v. Public Utility Commission
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 9, 1992No. Nos. 3-91-301-CV, 3-91-237-CVPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIDD, Justice.
The central issue presented on appeal is whether an order rendered by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (the “Commission”) was final and appealable. The Commission opened Docket 66681 solely to determine the prudence of the construction expenditures in the South Texas Project (“STP”) by two utilities, Houston Lighting & Power Company (“HL & P”) and Central Power & Light Company (“CPL”).2 Following extensive discovery and hearings, the Commission rendered its last order in Docket 6668, and the “Ratepayers”3 and HL & P sought judicial review of that order in separate causes…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Suburban Utility Corp. v. Public Utility CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1983
- Oil Field Haulers Ass'n v. Railroad CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1964
- Coalition of Cities for Affordable Utility Rates v. Public Utility Commission of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1990
- Texas-New Mexico Power Co. v. Texas Industrial Energy ConsumersTexas Supreme Court · 1991
- Vandergriff v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of BreckenridgeTexas Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Save Our Springs Alliance v. City of Austin, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2004
- City of Waco v. Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
- Coastal Habitat Alliance v. Public Utility Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2009
- Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. Texas Department of Insurance, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2006
- El Paso Electric Co. v. Public Utility Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1995
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