COASTAL HABITAT v. PUBLIC UTILITY COM'N

No. 03-08-00205-CV.

294 S.W.3d 276 (2009)

COASTAL HABITAT ALLIANCE, Appellant v. PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS; Barry T. Smitherman, Chairman; Kenneth W. Anderson, Jr., Commissioner; Donna L. Nelson, Commissioner; Texas Gulf Wind LLC; PPM Energy, Inc.; and AEP Texas Central Company, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

July 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine J. Webking, Attorney & Counselor at Law, Austin, TX, James B. Blackburn, Jr., Blackburn Carter, P.C., Houston, TX, for appellant.

John F. Williams, Patrick J. Pearsall, Marnie A. McCormick, Clark, Thomas & Winters, P.C., Thomas H. Watkins, Elizabeth G. (Heidi) Bloch, Christopher Hughes, Brown, McCarroll, L.L.P., Nathan M. Bigbee, Douglas Fraser, Assistant Attorneys General, Austin, TX, James H. Barkley, Karlene Poll, Macey Reasoner Stokes, Jason Ryan, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for appellee.

Before Justices PATTERSON, PEMBERTON and WALDROP.


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...

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