Coastal Habitat Alliance v. Public Utility Commission

OPINION

G. ALAN WALDROP, Justice.

At issue in this case is the district court’s subject-matter jurisdiction to review the Public Utility Commission’s denial of a motion to intervene in a proceeding before the Commission. The Commission denied appellant Coastal Habitat Alliance’s motion to intervene in the Commission’s consideration of an electric utility’s application to amend its certificate of convenience and necessity. The Alliance filed suit in district court in an attempt to appeal or challenge the order denying the request to intervene. The district court dismissed the Alliance’s lawsuit…