AEP Texas Central Co. v. Hudson

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
AEP Texas Central Co. v. Hudson, 259 F. App'x 625 (5th Cir. 2007)

AEP Texas Central Co. v. Hudson

Opinion

PER CURIAM: *

Having reviewed the district court’s decision, 1 the parties’ briefs, and the record, we find no reversible error in the district court’s analysis of the tariffs. 2 According *626 ly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

*

Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

1

. AEP Tex. Cent. Co. v. Hudson, 441 F.Supp.2d 810 (W.D.Tex. 2006).

2

. See Entergy La., Inc. v. La. Pub. Serv. Comm’n, 539 U.S. 39, 50, 123 S.Ct. 2050, 156 L.Ed.2d 34 (2003) (“It matters not whether FERC has spoken to the precise classification of ERS units, but only whether the FERC tariff dictates how and by whom that classification should be made. The amended system agreement clearly does so, and therefore the LPSC’s second-guessing of the classification of ERS units is pre-empted." (emphasis added)); AEP Tex. N. Co. v. Tex. Indus. Energy Consumers, 473 F.3d 581, 585 (5th Cir. 2006) ("Here, we also consider a tariff which designates an agent to perform an allocation (although Entergy involved an allocation of costs, rather than revenues).... The states are bound to implement a FERC-approved agreement, and the agreement authorizes only AEPSC to implement the formula.").

Reference

Full Case Name
AEP TEXAS CENTRAL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Paul HUDSON, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas; Julie Parsley, Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas; Barry Smitherman, Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Defendants-Appellants v. CPL Cities Steering Committee, Consisting of the Cities of Alton, Aransas Pass, Big Wells, Dilley, Freer, Ganado, George West, Goliad, Indian Lake, La Feria, Laguna Vista, Los Fresnos, Luling, Lyford, Mercedes, Palm Valley, Port Aransas, Port Isabel, Port Lavaca, Rancho Viejo, Refugio, Rockport, and Santa Rosa, Texas, Intervenor-Appellant
Status
Unpublished