PUBLIC UTIL. COM'N v. TEXAS INDUS. ENERGY

No. 18-1061.

620 S.W.3d 418 (2021)

PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS and Southwestern Electric Power Company, Petitioners, v. TEXAS INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: March 26, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Allan Santos , Ann Marie Coffin , Wendy Kay Luersen Harvel , for Amicus Curiae CenterPoint Energy Resources Corporation, Texas New Mexico Power Company, Atmos Energy Corporation, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, El Paso Electric Company, Entergy Texas, Inc., Southwestern Public Service Company, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC.

Thomas R. Phillips , Gerardo Noel Huerta , William O. Coe , Austin, Arigesta Joyce Adetutu , Rhonda C. Ryan , Marnie A. McCormick , Austin, for Petitioners Southwestern Electric Power Company.

James Zhu , Benjamin Blake `Ben' Hallmark , Rex D. VanMiddlesworth , Melissa M. Davis , Austin, for Respondents Texas Industrial Energy Consumers.

Amy E. Davis , Dallas, Jessica Soos , Darren Lee McCarty , Kellie E. Billings-Ray , Jeffrey C. Mateer , Austin, Brantley David Starr , Dallas, Dallas County, Priscilla M. Hubenak , Austin, James Edward Davis , Dallas, Atty. Gen. W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Austin, for Petitioners Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Geoffrey M. Gay , Georgia N. Crump , Austin, for Respondents Cities Served by SWEPCO.

Cassandra C. Quinn , Chris Ekoh , Tonya Rae Baer , Lori Cobos , for Respondents Office of Public Utility Counsel.

Marc O. Knisely , for Amicus Curiae Texas Chemical Council, Texas Association of Manufacturers.

Alfred R. Herrera , Austin, Brennan J. Foley , Sergio E. Herrera , for Respondents Cities Advocating for Reasonable Deregulation.


Forecasting the future supply of electric power in Texas and consumer demand for it is challenging given the variables on both sides of the equation. Once a forecast is made, and the approved construction of a new power plant well underway, a decision whether to abandon construction based on new...

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