HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 94-13 ORDINANCE NO. 9 4-- 0
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE DIRECTING GULF STATES UTILITIES
COMPANY TO FILE CERTAIN INFORMATION WITH THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT; SETTING A TEST YEAR TO BE USED BY GULF
STATES UTILITIES COMPANY IN ITS FILING; SETTING A
PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE FOR THE GATHERING AND REVIEW OF
NECESSARY INFORMATION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH;
SETTING DATES FOR THE FILING OF THE CITY'S ANALYSIS OF
THE COMPANY'S FILING AND THE COMPANY'S REBUTTAL TO
SUCH ANALYSIS; AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE
PURPOSES OF DETERMINING IF THE EXISTING RATES OF GULF
STATES UTILITIES COMPANY ARE UNREASONABLE OR IN ANY
WAY IN VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF LAW AND THE
DETERMINATION BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT OF JUST AND
REASONABLE RATES TO BE CHARGED BY GULF STATES
UTILITIES COMPANY.
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont is a regulatory authority under the Public Utility
Regulatory Act and has original jurisdiction over the rates of Gulf States Utilities Company
to determine if such rates are fair, just and reasonable; and,
WHEREAS, preliminary information indicates that a further investigation and review
of the rates of Gulf States Utilities Company should be conducted to determine if such rates
are fair, just and reasonable; and,
WHEREAS, a procedural schedule should be established for filing of certain
information by the Company, procedures to be followed to obtain and review information
from the Company, the filing of an analysis of such information by the City, the filing of
rebuttal information from the Company, and a public hearing at which time the City shall
make a determination if the existing rates of Gulf States Utilities Company are unreasonable
or are in any way in violation of any provision of law and if such rates should be revised and
just and reasonable rates determined for Gulf States Utilities Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
1. On or before June 1, 1994, Gulf States Utilities Company shall file, with the
City of Beaumont, Schedules A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, O and S of the Rate Filing
Package of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, based on a test year ended December
31, 1993, along with all associated workpapers. Such filing is the same information required
under the Stipulation and Agreement in Docket No. 11292, Application of Entergy
Corporation and Gulf States Utilities Company for Sale, Transfer, or Merger. Testimony need
not be prepared, but a narrative description shall be provided sufficient to describe such
information and costs shall be allocated to customer classes.
2. City's representatives shall have the right to obtain additional information from
the Company through the filing requests for information,which shall be responded to within
ten (10) days from the receipt of such request for information.
3. The City, or its designated representatives, shall file their analysis of the
Company's filing and information gathered on or before August 2, 1994.
4. The Company shall file any rebuttal to the analysis of the City or its designated
representatives on or before August 12, 1994.
5. A public hearing shall be conducted by the City Council of the City of
Beaumont on August 18, 1994, at 7:00 p.m., at the Civic Center, Beaumont, Texas. At such
public hearing, a determination of the reasonableness of the existing rates of the Gulf States
Utilities Company shall be made by the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas,
effective from March 31, 1994. Such public hearing may be conducted in conjunction with
public hearings conducted by other municipalities served by Gulf States Utilities Company.
6. This Ordinance shall be served on GSU by First Class U.S. Mail to Cecil
Johnson, Vice President - Legal Services, Gulf States Utilities Company, P.O. Box 2951,
Beaumont, Texas 77704.
7. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this
Ordinance is passed is open to the public as required by law and that public notice of the
time, place, and purpose of said meeting was given as required.
8. This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and the rates
ordered to be put into effect by City Council action shall be effective from March 31, 1994.
Paragraph 11 of GSU's Stipulation and Agreement approved by the Public Utility
Commission of Texas in Docket No. 11292, Application of Entergy Corporation and Gulf
States Utilities Company for Sale, Transfer or Merger, provides that rates adopted pursuant to
a X42 complaint shall be effective from the date of the initiation of that X42.
9. The City Council may, from time to time, amend this procedural schedule and
enter additional orders as may be necessary in the public interest and to enforce the
provisions hereof.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the day
of r )C�h c B� , 1994.
- MAYOR -