City of College Station v. Public Utility Commission of Texas

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedMay 22, 2025
Docket15-25-00096-CV
StatusPublished

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Opinion

5/22/2025 1:30 PM Velva L. Price District Clerk Travis County CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-24-005680 D-1-GN-24-005680 Rosa Oneal

CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, § IN THE DISTRICT FILED COURT IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS Plaintiff, § AUSTIN, TEXAS § 5/22/2025 3:41:34 PM v. § CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE § Clerk PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION § TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS OF TEXAS, § Defendant. § § § 200th JUDICIAL DISTRICT

PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE OF APPEAL

Plaintiff City of College Station files this Notice of Appeal pursuant to Chapter

2001 of the Texas Government Code, Tex. R. App. P. 25.1, and Tex. R. App. P. 26.1,

and in support of same would respectfully show the Court as follows:

I.

On September 3, 2024, Plaintiff filed its Original Petition for Judicial Review

pursuant to Section 2001.176 of the Texas Government Code in the 200th Judicial

District Court of Travis County, Texas in the above-styled and numbered cause. The

matter was heard and submitted on April 30, 2025. On May 1, 2025, the Final

Judgment and Order was signed and entered in this cause, which is the Order being

appealed from by this Notice. A copy of the Final Judgment and Order is attached as

Exhibit A to this Notice.

Section 2001.901 of the Texas Government Code provides that a party may

appeal a final district court judgment issued under Chapter 2001 in the manner provided for civil actions generally. This appeal is taken to the Fifteenth Court of

Appeals in Austin, Texas.

II.

Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(e), a copy of this Notice is being provided to

the court reporter responsible for preparing the Reporter’s Record in this matter.

Respectfully submitted,

LLOYD, GOSSELINK, ROCHELLE & TOWNSEND, P.C. 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 1900 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 322-5800 Facsimile: (512) 472-0532

By: THOMAS L. BROCATO State Bar No. 03039030 tbrocato@lglawfirm.com ROSLYN M. WARNER State Bar No. 24117520 rwarner@lglawfirm.com

and

ADAM C. FALCO State Bar No. 24055464 afalco@cstx.gov City Attorney College Station City Attorney’s Office P.O. Box 9960 1101 Texas Ave. College Station, Texas 77842 (979) 764-3746 Direct (979) 764-3507 Office (979) 764-3481 Facsimile

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been forwarded to the following attorneys via the Court’s electronic filing case management system and electronic mail on this 22nd day of May, 2025:

John R. Hulme Benjamin Barkley Jordan Pratt Justin Swearingen OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY Chris Ekoh GENERAL OF TEXAS – ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL PROTECTION DIVISION 1701 N. Congress Avenue Suite 9-180 P.O. Box 12548 (MC-066) Austin, Texas 78701 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 justin.swearingen@opuc.texas.gov John.Hulme@oag.texas.gov chris.ekoh@opuc.texas.gov Jordan.Pratt@oag.texas.gov opuc_eservice@opuc.texas.gov

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT THE ATTORNEYS FOR INTERVENOR PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY TEXAS COUNSEL

THOMAS L. BROCATO

3 Exhibit A Page 1 of 1

05/01/2025 08:42:53 AM Velva L. Price District Clerk Travis County D-1-GN-24-005680 Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Michelle Felker on behalf of Thomas Brocato Bar No. 03039030 mfelker@lglawfirm.com Envelope ID: 101163767 Filing Code Description: Notice of Appeal Filing Description: PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF APPEAL Status as of 5/22/2025 2:54 PM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Thomas LBrocato tbrocato@lglawfirm.com 5/22/2025 1:30:39 PM SENT

John Hulme 10258400 John.Hulme@oag.texas.gov 5/22/2025 1:30:39 PM SENT

Chris Ekoh chris.ekoh@opuc.texas.gov 5/22/2025 1:30:39 PM SENT

Justin Swearingen justin.swearingen@opuc.texas.gov 5/22/2025 1:30:39 PM SENT

service address opuc_eservice@opuc.texas.gov 5/22/2025 1:30:39 PM SENT

Benjamin Barkley benjamin.barkley@opuc.texas.gov 5/22/2025 1:30:39 PM SENT

Jordan Pratt 24140277 jordan.pratt@oag.texas.gov 5/22/2025 1:30:39 PM SENT

Adam C.Falco afalco@cstx.gov 5/22/2025 1:30:39 PM SENT

Roslyn M.Warner rwarner@lglawfirm.com 5/22/2025 1:30:39 PM SENT

Michelle Felker mfelker@lglawfirm.com 5/22/2025 1:30:39 PM SENT

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