ONCOR ELEC DELIVERY CO LLC v. PUC OF TX

NO. 15-0005.

507 S.W.3d 706 (2017)

ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC, et al., Petitioners, v. PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: January 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Baron , Consulting and Legal Services, Austin, for amici curiae Prairie View A & M Nursing School, Texas A & M Health Science Center-Institute of Biosciences & Technology, Texas A & M University at Galveston, Texas Engineering Extension Service at Galveston, The University of Houston System, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

Howard V. Fisher , Oncor Electric Delivery Company, Dallas, Jonah D. Jackson , Travis R. Wimberly , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Austin, Lisa Bowlin Hobbs , Kuhn Hobbs PLLC, Austin, Matthew B. Ploeger , Law Office of Matthew Ploeger, Austin, Matthew C. Henry , Stephen Gilstrap , Thomas S. Leatherbury , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, for petitioner.

Alfred R. Herrera , Felipe Tomas Alonso III , James G. Boyle , Jason Marcelo Wakefield , Herrera & Boyle PLLC, Austin, for respondent Alliance of TXU/Oncor Customers.

Jason M. Ryan , CenterPoint Energy Inc., Macey Reasoner Stokes , Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, for respondent Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric.

Douglas Fraser , Elizabeth R. B. Sterling , Kellie Elizabeth Billings-Ray , Environmental Protection & Administrative Law Div., Office of the Attorney General, Austin, for respondent Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Campbell McGinnis , Shawn P. St. Clair , McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, for respondent Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Brantley D. Starr , Office of the Attorney General, Bryan L. Baker , Office of the Attorney General, Administrative Law Div., Energy Rates Section, Charles Roy , First Assistant Attorney General, David A. Talbot Jr. , Office of the Attorney General, Administrative Law Division, David C. Mattax , Director of Defense Litigation, Office of the Attorney General, James Edward Davis , Attorney General's Office, Jeffrey C. Mateer , First Assistant Attorney General, Katherine Ann Harris Farrell , Office of the Attorney General, Administrative Law Division, Nichole Beth Bunker-Henderson , Assistant Attorney General, Administrative Law Division, Susan M. Kelley , Retired, Todd Lawrence Disher, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Attorney General of Texas, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, for respondent State of Texas' Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education.

Christopher Lee Brewster , Georgia N. Crump , Melissa A. Gage , Thomas Lane Brocato , Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend PC, Austin, for respondent Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor.

Elizabeth R.B. Sterling , John Thomas Wright , Mark C. Davis , Environmental Protection & Administrative Law Div., Office of the Attorney General, Austin, for respondent TEX-LA Electric Cooperative of Texas, Inc.

Benjamin Blake `Ben' Hallmark , Debora B. Alsup , Phillip Glynn Oldham , Thompson & Knight LLP, Joseph Younger , Public Utility Commission, Lino Mendiola , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLO, Tammy Austiff Cooper , Texas Reliability Entity, Inc., Austin, for respondent Texas Industrial Energy Consumers.


On January 1, 2002, the Public Utilities Regulatory Act (PURA) implemented a competitive retail market for electricity in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).1 Each incumbent, vertically integrated electric utility within the market was required to...

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