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Axia Energy, the energy trading company formed by subsidiaries of Koch Industries and Entergy, has filed suit against Hess Energy Trading Co. (HETCO) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, in Houston. In the civil action, filed May 8, Axia charges that HETCO conspired with two former Koch employees--who were later hired by HETCO--to obtain proprietary weather derivatives information from Axia. Stephen Semlitz, managing director of HETCO in New York, said the charges are without validity. "We are not using anything that's proprietary to Axia, nor are any of our employees." Officials at Axia declined all comment.