Legal Opinion
Centerpoint Energy, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission
Texas Supreme Court
Decided September 3, 2004No. 03-0396PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Owen
in which Justice HECHT, Justice O’NEILL, Justice JEFFERSON and Justice WAINWRIGHT joined.
We deny the motion for rehearing. We withdraw our opinion of June 18, 2004 and substitute the following in its place.
In a regulated environment, electric utility companies made very large expenditures to build generation plants, some of which were nuclear power plants. Under regulation, those utilities and their shareholders were entitled to, and had, a reasonable opportunity to recover through rates not only their reasonable and prudent investments of capital in those plants, but also a reasonable,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Public Utility Commission v. City Public Service Board of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 2001
- City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 2001
- Reliant Energy, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2003
- In Re TXU Electric Co.Texas Supreme Court · 2001
- Office of Public Utility Counsel v. Public Utility Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2003
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3Cited by59 opinions
- CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC v. Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2008
- Texas Industrial Energy Consumers v. Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC Public Utility Commission of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 2010
- State v. Public Utility Com'n of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 2011
- Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. Vista Community Medical Center, LLP, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2009
- AEP Texas Central Co. v. Public Utility Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2009
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