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Public Utility Commission of Texas // City of Denton Operating as Denton Municipal Electric v. City of Denton Operating as Denton Municipal Electric // Cross-Appellee Public Utility Commission of Texas

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided May 23, 2025·No. 15-25-00018-CV·Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00018-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/23/2025 9:26 AM NO. 15-25-00018-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTAUSTIN, TEXAS AT AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS, Appellant/Cross-Appellee,

v.

CITY OF DENTON, OPERATING AS DENTON MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

On Appeal from the 459th Judicial Court, Travis County, Texas Cause No. D-1-GN-23-008974

JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

Appellant/Cross-Appellee Public Utility Commission of Texas

(“PUC”) and Appellee/Cross Appellant City of Denton, Operating as Denton

Municipal Electric (“DME”) jointly move for extension of time to file the

briefing in in opposition to their cross-appeals before this Court.

1. The PUC and DME both filed their initial briefs in support of

their appeals on May 14, 2025. The Response Briefs are currently due on

or before June 13, 2025. 2. The Parties seek a 30-day extension of time to file Response

Brief, which would make the Brief due on or before July 14, 2025.

3. This extension of time is necessary because of competing

deadlines and scheduling conflicts in other matters. Specifically, DME’s

lead counsel has appellate briefs in two different matters due on May 27,

2025, in the appeals styled Aranas County, Texas v. Western Steel Co., Case

No. 13-25-00148-CV and Aransas County, Texas v. NorthStar Recovery

Services, Inc. Case No. 13-25-00159-CV before the Thirteenth Court of

Appeals in Corpus Christi Texas.

The same day, counsel has an all-day mediation in ES3 Minerals,

LLC v. Nicholas Kreines, et al., Cause No. 24-BC03B-0005, Third Division

of the Texas Business Court, and is preparing mediation materials and

briefing in advance of the mediation in an effort to resolve the dispute.

Finally, counsel has a jury trial set to begin June 9, 2025, in Chandra

Ervin v. City of Austin, Case No. 1:23-cv-1113-ML (Western District of

Texas, Austin Division).

4. Counsel for the PUC also has scheduling conflicts in other

matters, specifically, two briefs due on June 13, 2025, in the two related

cases styled TCCI Ponder Farms 2021, LLC v. Public Utility Commission

2 of Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-24-010011 (250th Judicial District Court,

Travis County, Texas), and TCCI Range-Mead 2021, LLC v. Public Utility

Commission of Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-24-008563 (459th Judicial

District Court, Travis County, Texas).

5. This request for extension is not brought for purposes of delay,

but so that justice may be done, and so the matters at issue may be fully

and appropriately briefed for the Court.

For these reasons, the Parties request that this Court grant the

Joint Motion for Extension of Time to File their respective Response

Briefs, so that the Briefs will be due on or before July 14, 2025. The

Parties also request any other relief to which they may be entitled.

3 Respectfully submitted,

LLOYD GOSSELINK OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY ROCHELLE & TOWNSEND, P.C. GENERAL OF TEXAS – 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 1900 ENVIRONMENTAL Austin, Texas 78701 PROTECTION DIVISION (512) 322-5800 Phone P.O. Box 12548 (MC-066) (512) 472-0532 Facsimile Austin, Texas 78711-2548 (512) 463-2012 Phone By: /s/ Jose E. de la Fuente (512) 320-0911 Facsimile JOSE E. de la FUENTE State Bar No. 00793605 By: /s/ Jordan Pratt jdelafuente@lglawfirm.com JOHN R. HULME GABRIELLE C. SMITH State Bar No. 24093172 State Bar No. 10258400 gsmith@lglawfirm.com John.Hulme@oag.texas.gov JAMIE L. MAULDIN JORDAN PRATT State Bar No. 24065694 State Bar No. 24140277 jmauldin@lglawfirm.com Jordan.Pratt@oag.texas.gov ROSLYN M. WARNER State Bar No. 24117520 ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT / rdubberstein@lglawfirm.com CROSS-APPELLEE ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE / CROSS-APPELLANT

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Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Katherine Coleman 24059596 kcoleman@omm.com 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Jamie Mauldin 24065694 jmauldin@lglawfirm.com 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Gabrielle Smith 24093172 gsmith@lglawfirm.com 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

David Laurent david.laurent@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

John RHulme John.Hulme@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Jose E.de la Fuente jdelafuente@lglawfirm.com 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Amy Hoffee amy.hoffee@cityofdenton.com 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Chris Ekoh chris.ekoh@opuc.texas.gov 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Justin Swearingen justin.swearingen@opuc.texas.gov 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Jordan Pratt Jordan.Pratt@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Colton Halter colton.halter@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

John Hubbard jhubbard@omm.com 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Christiana Segura 24143396 christiana.segura@opuc.texas.gov 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Roslyn Warner rwarner@lglawfirm.com 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Devin Alexander devin.alexander@cityofdenton.com 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Michael McMillin mmcmillin@omm.com 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Sharbel Sfeir sharbel.sfeir@opuc.texas.gov 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

Marcella Lunn marcella.lunn@cityofdenton.com 5/23/2025 9:26:17 AM SENT

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