Legal Opinion
American Electric Power Co. v. Public Utility Commission
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided January 23, 2004No. 03-02-00636-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN E. POWERS, Justice
(Retired).
American Electric Power Company, Inc., and TXU Electric Company (“appellants”) appeal from a district court judgment affirming a final order of the Public Utility Commission (“the Commission”). 1 We will reverse the agency order and the district court judgment and remand the controversy to the Commission.
THE CONTROVERSY
To secure adequate and continuous service to the public, an electric utility was in the past given a monopolistic franchise with corresponding public duties and an opportunity to earn revenues sufficient to recoup its reasonable and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Morrison v. ChanTexas Supreme Court · 1985
- City of El Paso v. El Paso Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Nucor Steel v. PUB. UTILITY COM'N OF TEX., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2000
- In Re Investigation Into the Existing Rates of Vermont Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1999
3Cited by13 opinions
- Reliant Energy, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2004
- State of Texas' Agencies & Institutions of Higher Learning v. Public Utility CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2014
- AEP Texas North Co. v. Public Utility Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2009
- National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh v. Keck, Mahin & Cate, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2004
- AEP Texas North Company// Cities of Abilene, Ballinger, San Angelo and Vernon v. Public Utility Commission of Texas, Office of Public Utility Counsel, Texas Industrial Energy Consumers, Cities of Abilene, Ballinger, San Angelo and Vernon// Cross AEP Texas North Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2009
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