HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 80-101 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE SETTING RATES TO BE
CHARGED BY GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY IN
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SUCH RATES; PROVIDING
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH RATES MAY BE CHANGED,
MODIFIED, AMENDED OR WITHDRAWN; AND AUTHORIZING
THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COMPROMISE AND SETTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 3298.
WHEREAS, on June 17, 1980, Gulf States Utilities Company
filed with the City of Beaumont a request for an increase in rates
to be charged within the City in the amount of approximately 84.4
million per annum on a Texas retail system wide basis; and,
WHEREAS, the City having suspended the effective date of
such proposed rate increase, and having considered the same , is of
the opinion and finds that an increase in rates should be
approved;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1 .
That an increase in rates, tariffs and charges of Gulf
States Utilities Company for electric power and energy sold within
the City be approved in an amount such that the adjusted total
Texas retail systemwide operating revenues for the Company be
increased $44,000,000 per annum, based on the adjusted 1979 test
year. The schedule of rates which is approved in accordance
herewith is that under which said Company shall be authorized to
render electric service and to collect charges from its customers
for the sale of electric power and energy within the corporate
limits of the City until such time as said schedule of rates may
be changed, modified, amended or withdrawn, with the approval of
the City Council of the City of Beaumont.
Section 2.
That Gulf States Utilities Company shall, within ten
(10 ) days from the final passage of this ordinance, file with the
City Attorney of the City of Beaumont a revised schedule of rates
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and tariffs setting forth those rates, tariffs and charges based
upon an increase in total operating revenues as described herein.
Such schedule of rates and tariffs may be modified or amended by
the City Council of the City of Beaumont within twenty ( 20) days
from the final passage of this ordinance, otherwise, same shall be
considered approved as filed . Such schedule of rates and tariffs,
as same may be modified or amended, shall be effective from and
after October 20, 1980, and shall apply to all power and energy
used by each customer after the final passage of this ordinance.
Section 3 .
That the action of the City Council of the City of
Beaumont enacting this ordinance constitutes, on the date of its
final passage, a final determination of rates for Gulf States
Utilities Company within the City of Beaumont in accordance with
Section 43 (c) of the Public Utility Regulatory Act.
Section 4 .
Nothing in this ordinance contained shall be construed
now or hereafter as limiting or modifying , in any manner, the
right and power of the City of Beaumont under the law to regulate
the rates and charges of Gulf States Utilities Company.
Section 5 .
The City Attorney is hereby authorize to compromise and
settle the intervention of the City of Beaumont in Public
Utilities Commission Docket No. 3298, the same being the request
of Gulf States Utilities Company for a rate increase and actions
taken by the City Attorney prior to the date of this ordinance to
compromise and settle such case are hereby ratified.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this
the c24.t day of , 1980.
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