HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 86-05 I
ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE
RATES CURRENTLY BEING CHARGED FOR ELECTRIC
UTILITY SERVICE BY GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY
IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS ARE JUST AND
REASONABLE AND TO DETERMINE JUST AND REASONABLE
RATES TO BE CHARGED BY SAME UTILITY COMPANY.
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Texas has
imposed upon the City of Beaumont, Texas the duty to insure that
every rate made, demanded or receivable by any public utility
company is just and reasonable, and,
WHEREAS, there has been a material change in
circumstances affecting the rates of Gulf States Utilities Company
since the rates currently being charged by it in the City of
Beaumont, Texas were set; and,
WHEREAS, there appears to be a great disparity and an
unreasonable difference in the rates being charged by Gulf States
Utilities Company in differenct localities and classes within a
service area. Specifically, all classes of customers within the
City of Beaumont, Texas are being charged more for the same
electric service than similar classes of customers in other
localities; and,
WHEREAS, the disparity in electric service charges
between classes and localities may evidence the fact that the rates
currently being charged within the City of Beaumont, Texas for
electric utility service by Gulf States Utilities are no longer
reasonable;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT a public hearing be held at 1 :15 p.m. on the 21st day of
January, 1986, in the Civic Center of the City of Beaumont, Texas,
the purpose of which hearing will be to require Gulf States
Utilities Company to show that the existing rates currently being
charged by it in the City of Beaumont, Texas are just and
reasonable and, further, why the same should not be made consistent
with rates charged in other localities and to other customer
classes within the Gulf States service area.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that due notice of this ordinance
and of the hearing herein set be served upon Gulf States Utilities
Company by the City Clerk of the City of Beaumont.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that notice of the hearing herein
set be served on the Public Utilities Commission of the State of
Texas and on the office of the Public Utility Council of the State
of Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this
the -L� day of 1986.
Mayor -
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