City of Brownsville v. Public Utility Commission

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the 126th District Court of Travis County which affirmed in all respects a final order of the Texas Public Utilities Commission. The controversy concerns which utility, the Public Utilities Board of Brownsville (PUB) or Magic Valley Electric Cooperative (MVEC), is authorized to serve seven subdivisions and an elementary school in Cameron County in and around Brownsville. Three utilities, PUB, MVEC and Central Power and Light (C P & L), were certificated in a fifteen county South Texas area by order of the Commission in Docket No.…