Texas Municipal Water Rate Appeals. TX Attorney General Opinion

What is happening? Unintended Consequences and legislation are like peanut butter and jelly. The Texas Legislature moved water utility issues from its Environmental state agency, TCEQ, to its Public Utility Commission. Now there’s a question on which agency has authority over municipal water rate appeals.

Why is this important? Unintended consequences and the very real world issue of people just need to know which agency is in charge.

How will this be important? Either we’re going to learn about legislative drafting oversights or we’re going to learn about creative lawyering, either way there’s opportunity and a lesson to keep in our back pocket for another time.

Texas Attorney General Opinion RQ-0478-KP