Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission of Texas

OPINION

LEE YEAKEL, Justice.

Appellant Entergy Gulf States, Inc. (“Entergy”) appeals from a district-court judgment affirming a final order of appel-lee the Public Utility Commission of Texas (the “Commission”). 1 Entergy sought a rate increase to recover additional sums from its share in the construction of the River Bend Nuclear Generating Station in St. Francisville, Louisiana (“River Bend”). The Commission denied Entergy’s request, finding that Entergy failed to present a prima facie case that the additional cost of the plant’s construction above the adjusted definitive cost estimate…