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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 99-135 RESOLUTION NO. WHEREAS, Beaumont Power and Light Company, a limited liability company desires to provide retail electric utility services within the City of Beaumont, Texas; and, WHEREAS, Beaumont Power and Light Company has requested that the City grant a franchise to Beaumont Power and Light Company because such a franchise is required prior to providing retail electric utility service to the citizens of the City of Beaumont; and, WHEREAS, the City understands that Beaumont Power and Light Company has filed an application to obtain a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity from the Public Utility Commission for areas in Jefferson County not including the City of Beaumont; and, WHEREAS, Beaumont Power and Light has requested that the City grant permission as required by the Public Utility Regulatory Act to include the City of Beaumont's territory within its application for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity before the Public Utility Commission; and, WHEREAS, the City desires to grant permission to Beaumont Power and Light to include the area within the city limits of the City of Beaumont within its application for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity from the Public Utility Commission of Texas; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. THAT the City of Beaumont hereby grants its consent or permission for Beaumont Power and Light Company to submit an application to the Public Utility Commission of Texas for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to provide retail electric utility service within the City of Beaumont and further authorizes Beaumont Power and Light Company to inform the Public Utility Commission of Texas that the City of Beaumont has granted such permission. Section 2. The permission hereby granted is not a franchise to operate and provide retail electric utility services within the City of Beaumont. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the day of 1999. 1 - Mayor -