HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 19-019ORDINANCE NO. 19-019
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS ("CITY")
DENYING THE DISTRIBUTION COST RECOVERY FACTOR RATE
INCREASE REQUEST OF ENTERGY TEXAS, INC.. FILED ON MARCH
28, 2019; SETTING JUST AND REASONABLE RATES FOR ENTERGY
TEXAS, INC. FOR SERVICE WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS; FINDING
THAT THE MEETING COMPLIES WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT;
MAKING OTHER FINDINGS.
WHEREAS, on or about March 28, 2019, Entergy Texas, Inc. ("Entergy") filed an
Application for Approval to Establish its Distribution Cost Recovery Factor with the City
to increase electric rates by implementing a new rider pursuant to Public Utility
Regulatory Act ("PURA") Section 36.210; and,
WHEREAS, City has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates, operations and
services of an electric utility within its municipal limits pursuant to PURA Section
33.001(a); and,
WHEREAS, the jurisdictional deadline for the City to act in this rate matter is May
27, 2019; and,
WHEREAS, Entergy's proposed Distribution Cost Recovery Factor rider would
increase customer rates in the Entergy Service Area by approximately $3.2 million per
year; and,
WHEREAS, the City retained the Lawton Law Firm, P.C. to review the
Company's rate request and make necessary rate recommendations to the City; and,
WHEREAS, the Lawton Law Firm has recommended that the City deny the
Company's request for a Distribution Cost Recovery Factor;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That the statement and findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are
hereby in all things approved and adopted.
Section 2.
The City of Beaumont hereby denies Entergy's request for a Distribution Cost
Recovery Factor in total.
Section 3.
The meeting at which this ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in
strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter
551.
Section 4.
This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage.
The meeting at which this ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in
strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter
551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 16th day of
April, 2019.
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