HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 70-07ORDINANCE.. NO.
AN ORDINANCE DETEed4IAING AND FIXING THE 1.11�LXIMLI 1 acHEDULi;s OF
RATES TO BE CHARGED BY . ENNLOIL UNITED, INC.., ITS SUCCESSOY�S
AIM ASSIGNS, IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, FOR NA'T'URAL GAS AND
NATURAL GAS SERVICE FURNISHED BY IT, CONTAINING DEFINITIONS,
FIXING .TIS EFFECTIVE DATES OF GAS RATES. PRESCRIBED IN THIS
ORDINANCE, AND REPEALING ALL"ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
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UHEREAS, on or about January 20, 1969, the Pennzoil United, Inc.
completed its presentation of„its application for an increase in rates,to be
charged for natural gas'and natural gas service in the City of Beaumont in a
public hearing accorded to said.Company; and
WFLREAS, the City Council having -heard and fully considered the evi-
dence adduced at said hearing, recognizes that.the rates now being charged by
Pennzoil United; Inc. for natural gas and natural gas service in the City of
Beaumont should be increased, NOW, THERI�FORE, .
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY .OF BEAUMOPTf:
SECTION 1.
The Pennzoil United,.,Inc., its successors and assigns (hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the "Company"), is hereby authorized to place in
effect the following schedules of rates. within _the corporate. limits of the
City of Beaumont for;the supply of natural gas and natural gas service:
RESIDENTIAL RATES
NET P10 NTHLY RATE
$2.00 per month which includes the use of 600 cubic feet
13.0¢ per 100 cubic feet for .the next 2,400. cubic feet
10.00 per 100 cubic feet for the next 3,000 cubic feet
9.00 per 100 cubic feet'for the next 10,000 -cubic feet
6.0¢ per 100 cubic feet for all additional gas used.
Minimum Monthly'. Bill: $2.00
PAYPIE14T
Bills shall be rendered on a,.monthly.basis and are due
and payable within ten ('10) days from the date of _bilk.
CO1,2vJ ,.RCIAL RATES
NET MOPUHLY RATE
x$'''2.50 per month, which includes -the use of 600 cubic feet
13.0¢ per 100 cubic feet. for. the' next 95400 cubic feet
10.0¢ per 100 cubic feet for the next 10,000 cubic feet
9.0¢ 'per 100 cubic feet for the next .15,000 cubic feet,
6.00 per 100 cubic feet for all additional gas used
Minimum Monthly Bill: '2.50
PAYI E NT
Bills shall be rendered on a monthly basis and are due
and payable within ten (10) days -from the date of bill.
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The net monthly rates shown above, both residential and commercial,
are based upon the Company'.s 12 -month average unit cost of gas at the gate rate
in effect on December 31, 1968. Whenever such gate rate is increased or
decreased hereafter, the change in such unit cost will be passed along by
the Company to its customers by the method set forth in Exhibit 1) by an
adjustment in such net monthly rates (except for the first 400 cubic feet)
after the Company has filed with the City Clerk a sworn statement setting
forth the change in such unit cost and the adjusted consumer rates, both
residential and commercial, which result therefrom.
The above schedules of residential rates and of commercial rates,
as adjusted in the manner hereinabove provided, are the highest rates that
may be charged by Pennzoil United, Inc,, its successors and assigns, for
residential consumers and commercial consumers within the City of Beaumont.
Other lower residential rates and commercial rates may be fixed and deter-
mined from time to time by Pennzoil United, Inc., its successors and assigns,
for gas and gas service furnished to residential consumers and commercial
consumers.
SECTION 2.
(a) RESIDENTIAL CONSUMER. The term "residential consumer" as used
herein shall mean a customer or user of gas to whom service is supplied in
a dwelling or a residential apartment for uses usual in a home.
The terms "residential consumer" and "domestic consumer" are con-
sidered to be synonymous.
Natural gas supplied by Pennzoil United, Inc., its successors and
assigns, is for the individual use of the customer at one point of delivery
and shall not be resold or shared with others.
(b) COTRERCIAL CONSUMER. The term "commercial consumer" as used
herein shall mean a customer or user of gas engaging in any business, pro-
fessional, or institutional activity, for all unrestricted uses of gas,
including cooking, heating, refrigeration, water heating, air conditioning
and power.
Natural gas supplied by Pennzoil United, Inc., its successors and
assigns, is for the individual use of the customer at one point of delivery
and shall not be resold or shared with others.
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E_KKIBIT NO. 1
ADJUSTMENT OF NET MONTHLY CONSUMLR RATES
AS A RESULT OF CH&NGES IN COST OF GAS
The net monthly consumer rates, both residential and commercial shown in
the foregoing ordinance'("base rates") are predicated upon the cost of gas
purchased for the Company's Beaumont Distribution System at the city gate
rate in effect as of December 313 1968 ("base cost of gas"). Whenever the
cost of gas purchased for the Company's Beaumont Distribution System is
increased or decreased as a result of an increase or decrease in the afore-
said city gate rate the consumer"rates (except for the first.400.cubic feet)
will be increased or decreased above or below such base rates (such adjusted
consumer rates to be appli.ed.to all bills rendered after the expiration of
thirty days following such city gate rate change) in an amount determined
as follows: (1) the "base cost" of gas shall be deterridned by applying the
city gate rate in effect as of December 31, 1968, to the billing volumes of .
gas purchased during the 12 months immediately preceding.the month in which .
a change in the city gate rate occurs; (2) The "adjusted cost" of gas shall
be determined by applying the revised city.gate rate to the billing volumes
of gas purchased for the same 12 -months' period; and (3) The amount of the
increaseor decrease per 100 cubic feet -in the consumer rates shall be
determined by dividing the difference between the "adjusted cosh' and the
"base cost" of gas purchased for the Beaumont Distribution System by the
actual volume of -gas purchased during the same 12 -months' period.
If, as a result of any decrease in the city gate rate, the Company receives
a refund of any amount paid for gas which is purchased after the effective
date of such base rates, the consumer rates adjusted as provided above which
would otherwise be in effect will be reduced during a 12 calendar month
period thereafter'by an amount per 100 cubic feet determined by dividing
the amount of such refund by the total volume of gas purchased -during the
12 months immediately preceding the' month during which such -refund was
received by the Company.
Before any adjusted consumer rate is applied to any consumer's bill the
Company shall file with the City Clerk a sworn statement setting forth
the change in such unit cost and the adjusted consumer rates, both resi-
dential.and commercial, which result therefrom.
TFM SWE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON �
I, Jas. T. Garrard , City Clerk of the City of
Beaumont, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true
and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by the City Council of the City
of Beaumont on the 20th day of January , A. D., 1970,
the original of which is filed in the office of the City Clerk of the
City of.Beaumont, Texas.
GIVEN under my hand and seal of the City of Beaumont, Texas,
this the O;1 day of �,c r`-��r�j/, D. 1970.
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ty Clerk, City of Beaumont, Texas