HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 86-018 R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Gulf States Utilities Company has filed its
Statement of Intent with the City to increase its rates for
electric utility service within the City; and,
WHEREAS, Gulf States Utilities Company has filed
simultaneously a Statement of Intent with the Public Utility
Commission of Texas to increase said rates, in which such
proceeding the City has intervened; and,
WHEREAS, Section 23 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act
compels municipalities acting in a regulatory authority to make a
reasonable determination of reasonable rates of utilities and to
retain any and all personnel necessary therefor; and,
WHEREAS, Section 24 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act
authorizes the governing body of the City to select and engage rate
consultants, accountants, auditors, attorneys, engineers, or any
combination thereof, to conduct investigations, present evidence,
advise and represent the governing body in such proceedings and
requires the Public Utility engaged in such proceedings to
reimburse the City for the reasonable cost of such services; and,
WHEREAS, Section 29 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act
provides that authorized agents of any regulatory authority shall
have certain rights of inspection and to obtain information from
the utility in question; and,
WHEREAS, Gulf States Utilities Company has requested
exceptional rate relief through the inclusion of construction work
a Iry
in progress in its rate base, which such inclusion is permissible
only to the extent that any such project has been efficiently and
prudently planned and managed; and,
WHEREAS, the firm of O' Brien-Kreitzb erg & Associates,
Inc. , should be engaged to act in all respects for the City
pursuant to the above-referenced provisions of the Public Utility
Regulatory Act and, without limitation because of the foregoing
enumeration, all other provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory
Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1 .
The firm of O 'Brien-Kreitzb erg & Associates, Inc. , is
hereby engaged by the City, pursuant to Section 24 of the Public
Utility Regulatory Act, to perform all necessary duties thereunder
for the City in connection with the rate increase application filed
by Gulf States Utilities Company with the City and the Public
Utility Commission of Texas.
Section 2 .
-Gulf States Utilities Company shall reimburse the City
for the reasonable cost for such services to the extent found
reasonable by the applicable regulatory authority.
Section 3 .
The firm of O' Brien-Kreitzberg & Associates, Inc. , and
any member, principal or employee of such firm is hereby designated
as an agent of the City under Section 29 of the Public Utility
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Regulatory Act with all rights thereunder, which such section is
hereby made reference for all purposes as though copied herein in
full.
Section 4 .
Gulf States Utilities Company shall provide all
information requested by O'Brien-Kreitzb erg & Associates, Inc. , or
any member, principal or employee of such firm, or any
subcontractor thereof, on a timely basis and shall allow all such
parties to have the right, at reasonable times, and for the
purposes of said rate proceeding, particularly as they relate to
the River Bend Nuclear Project, to inspect and obtain copies of the
papers, books, accounts, documents, and other business records, and
to inspect the plant, equipment, and other property of Gulf States
Utilities Company. It is the purpose of this section to provide to
O'Brien-Kreitzb erg & Associates, Inc . , and any member, principal or
employee thereof, or any subcontractor thereof, with all authority
to act as an agent for the City under said Section 29 of the Public
Utility Regulatory Act and any other applicable section as through
said section or sections were copied herein in full.
Section 5 .
The City Attorney and special utility Counsel shall take
all necessary steps to effect the intent of this resolution.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this
the -ZI/ day of L•yt„�c.,� 1986.
Mayor -
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