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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1272 - ORD Requiring Houston Lighting & Power Company Modified Rate Schedule .IIIIIl'I!,.I;I i' LUI~I " ."1" , 120 ORDINANCE NO. 1272 AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE' "HOUSTON; LIGHTING. & POWER COMPANY TO FILE MODIFIED RATE SCHEDULES TO BE CHARGED IN THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS; PROVIDlNG'FOR AN ,EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SUCH RATE SCHEDULES; PROVIDING CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SUCH RATE SCHEDULES MAY BE CHANGED, :MODIFIED, AMENDED ,OR WITHDRAWN; CONTAINING FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OR PART OR PARTS THEREOF WHICH MAY BE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, on March 18, 1986, Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P) filed with the City of West University Place a request to change rates; and WHEREAS, the City by Ordinance No. 1263 required HL&P to file modified rate schedules to be effective within the City 'as' of July 14, 1986; and n \ j ~ WHEREAS, the Public Utility Commission of"'Texas in Docket No. 01' 6765 issued a fi na 1 order on HL&P' s rate request in rural areas on November 7, 1986; and WHEREAS, HL&P will make effective within the City rates, including revised fuel factors, equal to rates implemented pursuant to the final order in Docket No. 6765 on the same date such rates become effective in areas governed by said final order; and WHEREAS, HL&P has agreed to waive its ri ght to noti ce and hearing as to the rate modification required by this ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that rates equal to those es tab 1 i shed by the Pub 1 i c Util i ty Commi ss i on in Docket No. 6765 are just and reasonable to both customers and Company; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS: Section 1. The City Council orders HL&P to implement within the City the rate schedules approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas pursuant to the final order in Docket No. 6765. ! I l) "-.J J21 o o Section 2. The rates set forth on such rate schedules are thos'e under which HL&P shall be authorized to rendere 1 ectri c service and to collect charges from its customers for the sale of electric power and energy within the City unti 1 such time as sai d rate schedul es may be changed, 'modified, amended or withdrawn as provided by'law. Sect ion 3. The rate schedu 1 es f~ 1 ed by. HL&P , wi th . the Ci ty shall be effective on the same ;date' such rates become effective pursuant to the final order in Docket No. 6765 and shall apply to each customer of HL&P within the City for electricity con~umed after that date. If HL&P provi des refunds to customers in other ci ti es for time periods after,July 1~ 1986, but before the effective date of the rates required by t:his' ordinance (The "Refund Period"), it shall provide the same treatment to customers within the City. If HL&P does not provi de such refunds to customers withi n the City before March 31, 1987, HL&P shall, before April 15, 1987, provide to the City a written statement showing the amounts paid by customers within the City during the refund period which are in excess of the amounts which would have been pai d by those customers if they had been located in an unincorporated area during the refund period. Section 4. This ordinance constitutes the final action of the City Council of the City in determining the rates for sale of electric power and energy by HL&P withi n the Ci ty in accordance wi th Secti on 42 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act. Section 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent o.f:the conflict only. o Section 6. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall ever be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of, this ordinance and the application of such word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance to any other persons or ci rcumstances shall not be affected thereby. Section 7. The City Council officially finds, determines and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of each meeting at which this ordinance was discussed, consi dered or acted upon was give in the manner requi red by the Open Meetings Law, TEX. REV. CIV., STAT. ANN. art 6252-17, as amended, and that each such meeting has been o.pen to the public as required by law at all times during such discussion, consideratinn and action. The City Council ratifies, approves and confirms such notices and the contents and posting thereof. Section 8. The public importance of this measure and the requirements of the law create an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that this Ordinance be passed and take effect as an emergency measure, and a state of emergency is hereby declared, and this Ordinance is accordingly passed as an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force immediately from and after its passage. 2 , t. IlITTI I II 1111111111"110 . 122 . ..lII11III1II1'~1 II~ J Ik ; . ,. "'"'' .,. . ' PASSED AND APPROVED-ON FIRST. AND FINAL, READING, this day of November, 1986. Councilinembers Voting Aye: Councilmembers Voting No: Councilmembers Absent: ATTEST: Audrey Nichols, City Secretary (SEAL) Approved as to Form: James L. Dougherty , Jr., City Attorney I' o' Mayor Parks, Councilmembers Higley, Bryan, Schwartzel None Councilmember Cummings (resigned) 'Michael L. Parks, Mayor 3 24th n I \U n "----' r-~ , r ~