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The Lone Star Current – April 2023 Edition
Don’t forget – if there is ever a topic that you would like for us to cover, please reach out to our Managing Editor, Sara Thornton, at 512.322.5876 or sthornton@lglawfirm.com. Otherwise, enjoy our latest issue! If you would like to receive… Read More
Texas Supreme Court to Determine ERCOT’s Winter Storm Uri’s Liability
by Rick Arnett On January 9, 2023, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. v. CPS Energy, 648 S.W.3d 520 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2021, pet. granted) and Panda Power Generation Infrastructure Fund, LLC… Read More
Taking Advantage of the Fair Market Value Methodology for Ratemaking Purposes in Water/Sewer System Acquisitions
by David Klein and Chloe Daniels It is commonplace in Texas for retail water and sewer systems to be bought and sold, and when the parties to such a transaction involve a for-profit utility and/or non-profit water supply corporation, the… Read More
Municipal Corner
Chapter 176 of the Local Government Code requires a local government officer to file a specified disclosure form when contracting with a vendor if the vendor has a business or family relationship with the officer. Tex. Att’y Gen. Op. No. Read More
Third Court of Appeals Decides Public Utility Commission Exceeded Authority During Winter Storm Uri
by Wyatt Conoly and Samantha Miller Luminant Energy Company (“Appellants”) filed a direct appeal in March 2021 to the Third Court of Appeals challenging the Public Utility Commission of Texas’s (“PUC’s”) First and Second Orders (the “Orders”) as competition rules… Read More
“Ask Sarah” Column
Dear Sarah, We have an employee who recently requested intermittent FMLA leave. He is non exempt and works a non-typical schedule in that he is regularly scheduled for more than 40 hours per week, usually around 45 hours per week. Read More
In the Courts
Water Cases City of Ames v. City of Liberty, No. 09-22-00092-CV, 2023 WL 2180967 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Feb. 23, 2023, no pet. h.). The City of Liberty (the “Plaintiff”) owns and operates a wastewater collection system and treatment plant. The Plaintiff… Read More
Agency Highlights
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Texas’s Clean Water Act Permitting Under Investigation by the EPA. EPA is conducting an “informal investigation” of the state of Texas’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permitting program. The investigation is in response… Read More
Congratulations to Our 2023 Rising Stars
We are proud to announce the selection of Sarah T. Glaser, James A. Muela, Gabrielle C. Smith, and Nathan E. Vassar to the 2023… Read More
The Lone Star Current – January 2023 Edition
Don’t forget – if there is ever a topic that you would like for us to cover, please reach out to our Managing Editor, Sara Thornton, at 512.322.5876 or sthornton@lglawfirm.com. Otherwise, enjoy our latest issue! If you would like to… Read More
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