Legal Opinion
Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Public Utility Commission
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 23, 1992No. 3-90-173-CVPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.
Gulf States Utilities Company (“Gulf States”) appeals a district court judgment affirming a decision of the Public Utility Commission (the “Commission”) disallowing Gulf States’ recovery of energy capacity costs arising under a series of energy contracts with the Southern Company (“Southern”), a utility holding company. The Commission disallowed Gulf States’ ca pacity costs after determining that they had been imprudently incurred. The district court affirmed the Commission’s order; we will affirm the district court’s judgment.
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2Cases cited32 opinions
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3Cited by30 opinions
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