IN RE CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC

No. 19-0777.

629 S.W.3d 149 (2021)

IN RE CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 2020.

Opinion Delivered: June 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marnie A. McCormick , Duggins Wren Mann & Romero, LLP, Austin, for Amici Curiae Entergy Texas, Inc., AEP Texas Inc., El Paso Electric Company, Electric Transmission Texas, LLC, Southwestern Electric Power Company.

Kyle D. Hawkins , Office of the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Ari Cuenin , Office of the Solicitor General, Bill Davis , Office of the Attorney General, Assistant Solicitor General, Jeffrey C. Mateer , Texas Attorney General's Office, First Asst. Attorney General, Ryan Lee Bangert , Texas Attorney General, W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Attorney General of Texas, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, for Amicus Curiae State of Texas.

Kyle D. Hawkins , Office of the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Bill Davis , Office of the Attorney General, Assistant Solicitor General, Austin, for Other interested party Solicitor General.

James Christopher Dean , Dean Law Firm, Trisha Danielle Ross , J. Christopher Dean Law Firm PLLC, Houston, for Real Parties in Interest Maxwell Higgins, Megan Higgins, Tommy Higgins, Karen Y. Higgins, Individually and as the Independent Administrator of the Estate of Glenn Wood Higgins, Deceased.

Macey Reasoner Stokes , Benjamin E. Gonsoulin , Ioannis Vasilios Anaipakos , Meghan D. McElvy , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, for Relator.


Three cases we decide this term address whether the exclusive jurisdiction of the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) over an electric utility's rates, operations, and services extends to certain issues...

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