Texas Supreme Court
Lower Colorado River Authority, Petitioner v. City of San Marcos, Texas, Respondent
May 7, 197518 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 317
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court held that the City of San Marcos, as a home‑rule municipality, possesses exclusive authority to regulate the rates charged by the Lower Colorado River Authority for electricity sold within the city, and that the LCRA’s 1973 rate increase was not invalid for failure to comply with the open‑meeting law. The Court affirmed the Court of Civil Appeals’ judgment after modifying it to uphold the 1973 rate increase and to confirm the city’s regulatory jurisdiction, while sustaining the invalidity of the 1972 increase. Justice McGEE dissented, contending that the LCRA Act limits the city’s power to regulate rates.