Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utility Commission

POWERS, Justice.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company sued the Public Utility Commission in the district court of Travis County for judicial review of a final order promulgated by the agency. That order requires that the utility commence charging for its utility services sums designed to produce an annual increase in the utility’s revenue equal to approximately $114.3 million, and requires it to refund monies previously collected from its customers under a system of charges designed to produce a higher increase in annual revenue.

The Commission required the utility to implement the order…