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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 1992 ORDINANCE NO. 19Q7. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY'S PROPOSED RIDER ED - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, RATE GC - GENERAL SERVICE COMPETITIVE PRICING, RATE WPC WHOLESALE POWER COMPETITIVE PRICING, AND RIDER ET - ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREFOR, PROVIDING CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SUCH RATE SCHEDULES AND SERVICE REGULATIONS MAY BE CHANGED, MODIFIED, AMENDED OR WITHDRAWN, FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY NO~TH RFHTAT\ffi HIT·TS C.OTTNCIT , , TEXAS: OF THE CITY OF SECTION 1. On June 6, 1994, Texas Utilities Electric Company filed with the Governing Body of this municipality a Petition and Statement of Intent proposing to implement four new tariff schedules: Rider ED - Economic Development Service; Rate GC - General Service Competitive Pricing; Rate WPC - Wholesale Power competitive Pricing; and Rider ET - Environmental Technology Service. Said proposed tariffs are each hereby approved for implementation by Texas Utilities Electric Company within the corporate limits of this municipality until such time as said tariff schedules may be changed, modified, amended, or withdrawn with the approval of the Governing Body of this municipality. SECTION 2. The aforesaid tariff schedules herein approved shall be effective from and after the final passage of this Ordinance. SECTION 3. The filing of said tariff schedules shall constitute notice to the consumers of electricity, within this municipality, of the availability and application of such tariff schedules. 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 Governing Body of this municipality under the law to regulate the rates, operations, and services of Texas Utilities Electric Company. SECTION 5. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this Ordinance is passed is open to the public and as required by law and that public notice of the time, place and purpose of said meeting was given as required. SECTION 6. An emergency exists necessitating the suspension of any rule requiring multiple readings of this Ordinance and all multiple readings of this Ordinance are hereby waived; this -1- Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED at a Regular Meeting of the City COUNCIL of the city of NORTH RICHLAND HILLS Texas, on this the 1 ¡ th day of ,JULY: , 1994. '- <:(,...~t_~· ,- '\ Mayor '" r ATTEST: nJ"~/ztb ~ ~retary APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ~~~ -2- BEFORE THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS APPLICATION OF TEXAS UTILITIES § ELECTRIC COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY § TO IMPLEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOP- § MENT SERVICE, GENERAL SERVICE S COMPETITIVE PRICING, WHOLESALE S POWER COMPETITIVE PRICING, AND § ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY § SERVICE S DOCKET NO. PETITION AND STATEMENT OF INTENT TO THE HONORABLE SAID GOVERNING BODY: For its Petition and statement of Intent, Texas utilities Electric Company ("TU Electric"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas and a public utility as that term is defined in the Public utility Regulatory Act, Article 1446c, V.A.T.S. (the "PURA") , respectfully submits the following: I. TU Electric proposes tariffs under which it seeks to offer four new services within its service territory: (I) Economic Development Service -- through proposed Rider ED, which is a rider to TU Electric's existing General Service Rates GS, GP, and HV that provides for a discounted demand charge to those that qualify under the terms of the Rider; Rider ED is designed to contribute to . the economic development of the service territory by attracting new businesses and industries and the expansion by existing businesses and industries; (2) General Service Competitive Pricing -- through proposed Rate GC, which provides for a negotiated reduction, wi thin 1 imi ts, in the demand charges that would otherwise be applicable to the customer's electrical load under TU Electric's General Service Rates GS, GP, or HV, where the customer's electrical load otherwise would not be served by the Company because, wi thout the reduction in the demand charges, the customer would self-generate its electricity or obtain service from another energy service supplier or cease its operations; (3) Wholesale Power Competitive Pricing -- through proposed Rate WPC, which provides for a negotiated reduction, within limits, in the demand charges that would otherwise be applicable to the customer's electrical load under TU Electric's Wholesale Power Rate WP, where the customer's electrical load otherwise would not be served by the Company because, without the reduction in the demand charges, the customer would self-generate its electricity or obtain service from another energy service supplier; and (4) Environmental Technology Service -- through proposed Rider ET, which is a rider to TU Electric's existing General Service Rates GS, GP, and HV that provides for a discounted demand charge to those that qualify under the terms of the proposed Rider; proposed Rider ET is designed to encourage the use of more energy-efficient electrical technologies or processes that significantly -2- improve the quality of the environment through the use of an electrical technology, such as the substitution of an electric arc furnace for a coke-fired furnace in a metals fabrication facility or infrared heating for coating processes to reduce volatile organic compound emissions. Attached hereto and made a part hereof is a copy of the Petition and statement of Intent being filed with the Public utility Commission of Texas ("Commission") contemporaneously with the filing of this Petition and statement of Intent, together with the testimony and exhibits of Dr. William E. Avera, Mr. Marc w. Goldsmith, and Mr. Stephen J. Houle, which justify the provision of these new services and the reasonableness and propriety of the provisions of the proposed tariffs. II. This municipal regulatory authority has jurisdiction over TU Electric and the subject matter hereof within this municipality's corporate limits by virtue of sections 17{a), 37, and 43 of the PURA . III. In keeping with the provisions of Section 43{a) of the PURA, TU Electric proposes that the proposed tariffs be effective on July 11, 1994. IV. The proposed tariffs are attached as Exhibits SJH-l, SJH-2, SJH-3, and SJH-4 to the direct testimony of Mr. Stephen J. Houle, an attachment to the Petition and Statement of Intent filed with -3- the Commission. In addition to the explanation set forth in Section I hereof, the proposed tariffs are further explained in detail in Mr. Houle's testimony. V. This is not a "maj or change" as that term is defined in section 43{b) of the PURA. All of the information required by Section 43 (a) of the PURA is set forth in this Petition and Statement of Intent and the attachments hereto. The proposed tariffs will not increase TU Electric's rates but provide for reductions to the existing rates. VI. The only customers that will be affected by the proposed Economic Development Service Rider ED, the proposed General Service Competitive Pricing Rate GC, and the proposed Environmental Technology Service Rider ET are those customers that are eligible for service under TU Electric's existing General Service Rates GS, GP, and HV and that qualify for the service under the terms of the proposed tariffs. The demand charges under those proposed tariffs are less than the demand charges under Rates GS, GP, and HV, respectively. The only customers that will be affected by the proposed Wholesale Power Competitive Pricing Rate WPC are those customers that are eligible for service under TU Electric's existing Wholesale Power Rate WP and that qualify for the service under the terms of the proposed tariff. The demand charges under this proposed tariff are less than the demand charges under Rate WP. The territory affected by this proceeding consists of the area -4- within the corporate limits of this municipality certificated to TU Electric by the Commission; however, TV Electric is seeking authority from the Commission and all of its municipal regulatory authorities to implement these four proposed tariffs, so that same will be applicable throughout all of the territories to which it is certificated to provide electric service. VII. Notice of this Petition and statement of Intent is being published for four consecutive weeks in newspapers having general circulation in the counties in which TU Electric provides electric service. VIII. The business and mailing address of TU Electric is: Texas utilities Electric Company 2001 Bryan street Dallas, Texas 75201 TU Electric's business telephone number, including area code, is: (214) 812-4600 TU Electric's authorized representatives are: R. D. Keeney Vice President Texas utilities Electric Company 2001 Bryan street, suite 2100 Dallas, Texas 75201 (214) 812-2778 and J. Dan Bohannan Worsham, Forsythe, sampels & Wooldridge, L.L.P. 2001 Bryan street, suite 3200 Dallas, Texas 75201 (214) 979-3000 -5- General inquiries concerning this Petition and Statement of Intent should be directed to Mr. Keeney at the above-stated address and telephone. All pleadings, motions, orders, and other documents filed in this proceeding should be served upon Mr. Bohannan at the above-stated address. WHEREFORE, TU Electric prays this Honorable Governing Body to approve the proposed tariffs and authorize it to provide· the requested new services; further, TU Electric prays for such other relief to which it may be justly entitled. Respectfully submitted, WORSHAM, FORSYTHE, SAMPELS & WOOLDRIDGE, L.L.P. J. Dan Bohannan State Bar No. 02563000 2001 Bryan Street, suite 3200 Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: (~14) 979-3000 Fax: (214) 8" .0-0011 By: /i t.1 ~ /U.'~"""" . D!fþ Boh'anrian ATTO YS FOR TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY -6-