Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Sontchi yesterday rebuffed an attempt by NextEra Energy Inc. to involve itself once more in Energy Future Holdings Corp's chapter 11 sale of its power distribution business, Reuters reported yesterday. NextEra said in a court filing on Wednesday that it was prepared to close a deal for Oncor, the distribution unit, that it said was superior to a proposed sale at the center of Energy Future's plan to exit from bankruptcy. NextEra had briefly tried to buy Oncor last year. NextEra's filing came in the midst of a weeks-long trial to confirm Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings' plan of reorganization, which is built around a sale of Oncor to Hunt Consolidated of Texas and a group of creditors. That deal has been valued at around $19 billion. Judge Sontchi yesterday made clear he did not appreciate NextEra's filing, which came long after deadlines for objecting to the sale and bankruptcy.
