Electricity

SPECTRUM GULF COAST, LLC v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH CITY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD

• The parties' 1984 pole-attachment agreement's "all laws" clause incorporates later-enacted statutes affecting either side's rights or obligations—including PURA's rate-discrimination and rate-ceiling provisions—regardless of whether the agreement itself technically "renews" each year.
• The Public Utility Regulatory Act applies to this agreement, and CPS Energy's practice of invoicing Spectrum and AT&T at the same rate while collecting only from Spectrum violates the statute's ban on discriminatory pole-attachment pricing.