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TEXAS INDUS. ENERGY v. CENTERPOINT ENERGY

No. 08-0727.

324 S.W.3d 95 (2010)

TEXAS INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS, Petitioner, v. CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, and Public Utility Commission of Texas, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided October 22, 2010.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Day , Lino Mendiola , Caren Elizabeth Pinzur , Meghan E. Griffiths , Andrews Kurth LLP, Austin TX, for Texas Industrial Energy Consumers.

Thomas Lane Brocato , Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., Austin TX, for Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities.

Scott E. Rozzell , CenterPoint Energy Inc., Houston TX, Robert J. Hearon Jr. , Ron H. Moss , Graves Doughery Hearon & Moody, PC, Austin TX, Harris S. Leven , CenterPoint Energy Inc., Associate General Counsel, Houston TX, for CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC.

Richard P. Noland , James M. Bushee , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Austin TX, for Occidental Power Marketing, L.P.

Bryan L. Baker , Office of the Attorney General, Amalija `Amy' J. Hodgins , Austin TX, for State of Texas.

Suzanne Antley , Assistant Attorney General, Brian Alan Prestwood , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General Greg W. Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Clarence Andrew Weber , First Assistant Attorney General, David S. Morales , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Deputy First Assistant Attorney General, Barbara Bryant Deane , Assistant Attorney General, David Preister, Office of the Attorney General, Elizabeth R.B. Sterling , Envtl. Prot. & Admin. Law Div., Office of the Attorney General, Austin TX, for Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal concerns a Public Utility Commission order setting a "competition transition charge" under Chapter 39 of the Utilities Code. The order followed a true-up proceeding initiated by Center-Point Energy Houston Electric, LLC to recover from ratepayers its investments "stranded" by Texas's transition to a less regulated, more competitive retail electricity market. Groups representing electricity consumers challenged...

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