El Paso Electric Co. v. Public Utility Commission of Texas

CARROLL, Justice.

El Paso Electric Company filed an administrative appeal in the district court of Travis County from an order of the Public Utility Commission. The district court sustained the Commission’s plea to the jurisdiction and rendered judgment dismissing the administrative appeal. We will reverse the judgment of the district court.

THE FACTS

The basic facts underlying the Commission’s plea to the jurisdiction are undisputed. The Commission issued a final order in the rate proceeding on October 26, 1985. El Paso Electric timely filed a motion for rehearing as required by Tex.Rev.Civ.…