NUMBER 13-22-00389-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG IN RE SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, XCEL ENERGY, INC., AND XCEL ENERGY SERVICES On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. ORDER Before Justices Benavides, Hinojosa, and Silva Order Per Curiam On August 23, 2022, relators Southwestern Public Service Company, Xcel Energy Inc., and Xcel Energy Services, Inc. filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the trial court to vacate an order granting death penalty sanctions against them. Relators also filed: (1) an unopposed motion to exceed the word-count limit for the petition for writ of mandamus; and (2) an unopposed motion requesting that we take judicial notice of a mandamus record previously filed in our cause number 13-19-00111-CV. The Court requests that the real parties in interest, Eduardo Munoz Jr. and Kasandra Girela Munoz, individually and as next friend of J.S., a minor, or any others whose interest would be directly affected by the relief sought, file a response to the petition for writ of mandamus on or before the expiration of ten (10) days from the date of this order. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8. Further, the Court, having examined and fully considered the relators’ motions, is of the opinion that they should be granted. Accordingly, we grant the relators’ unopposed motion to exceed the word-count limit and relators’ unopposed motion for judicial notice of the mandamus record in cause number 13-19-00111-CV. PER CURIAM Delivered and filed on the 25th day of August, 2022. 2