CITY OF ALLEN v. PUBLIC UTILITY COM'N

No. 03-04-00282-CV.

161 S.W.3d 195 (2005)

CITY OF ALLEN and Coalition of Cities, Appellant, v. PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS; Oncor Electric Delivery Company; and Centerpoint Energy, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

March 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence A. West, Austin, for appellants.

Robert J. Hearon Jr., Ron Moss, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, PC, Scott E. Rozzell and DeAnn T. Walker, Austin, for Centerpoint Energy, Inc.

Elizabeth R.B. Sterling, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for Public Utility Commission of Texas.

David C. Duggins, Clark, Thomas & Winters, PC, Austin, Robert M. Fillmore and Howard V. Fisher, Hunton & Williams, Dallas, for Oncor Electric Delivery Company.

Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices PATTERSON and PURYEAR.


OPINION

JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.

In this appeal, we must decide whether the Public Utility Commission has jurisdiction under the Public Utilities Regulatory Act (PURA) to review certain ordinances that a city claims to have enacted based on its police power. The City of Allen and a coalition of cities1 appeal from a district court judgment partially dismissing the Cities'...

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