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o R DIN A N C E NO. 717
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AN ORDINANCE APPIOVING RATE SCHEDULES 'IO BE ŒARGED BY TEXAS ELECTRIC SERVICE
mfPANY IN THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND mUB
, TEXAS, POOVIDING FOR AN
EFFECI'IVE DATE FOR SUCH RATE SCHEDULES, AND PROVIDING CXI'IDITIONS UNDER WHIm
SUCH RATE SŒEDULES MAY BE CRANGED, MJDIFIED, AMENDED OR WITHDRAWN.
WHEREAS, on May 30, 1978, Texas Electric Service Corrpany filed with the
City of
North Richland Hills
a request for an increase in rated to be charged
within the City in the a.rrount of approxi.rmtely $100 million per annum on a
systemwide basis, an increase of approximately 24.43%; and
WHEREAS, the City having suspended the effective date of such proposed
rate increase from July 5, 1978 for 120 days and having considered the same at
a public hearing, is of the opinion and finds as follows:
<Jl. That at this particular time, from the evidence presented, Texas
Electric Service Corrpany has not met its burden to show that any
rate increase should be granted;
(2), That the schedule of rates that are presently in effect and which
were in effect immediately prior to May 30, 1978 should be the
rates to be charged from this day forward and until further
action of this City Council;
(3). That the City should reserve the right to suspend the schedule
of rates under consideration (filed on May 30, 1978) an additional
30 days beyond the original 120 days for further hearings and study.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CXXJNCIL OF THE CITY mUNCIL
OF THE CI'lY OF NORI'H RICHLAND HIUB
, TEXAS :
SEcrlOO 1: That the rates, tariffs and charges of Texas Electric Service
Company for electric power and energy sold wi thin the City be set the same as they
are now and the saIœ as were in effect inmediately prior to the filing of May 30, 1978.
Such Schedule of Rates, as are approved in accordance herewith, are those under
\vhich said Company shall be authorized to render electric service and to collect
charges from its customers for the sale of electric power and energy within the
corporate limits of the City until such tiIre as said Rate Schedules may be changed,
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~1f~ed, amended or withdrawn, with the approval of the City Council.
SECTlOO 2: That the action of the City Council of the City of North
RichlandHills enacting this Ordinance constitutes, on the date of its
final passage, a final determination of rates for Texas Electric Service Company
Within the City of North Richland Hills
in accordance with Section 43(e) of
the Public Utility Regulatory Act.
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SECrIOO 3: Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall be construed now or
hereafter as limiting or mxiifying, in any manner, the right and power of the City
under the law to regulate the rates and charges of Texas Electric Service Company,
and the City reserves the right to suspend the schedule of rates under consideration
(filed on May 30, 1978) an additional 30 days beyond the original 120 days, for
further hearings and study. In the event that any portion of this section is in
conflict with any other section of this ordinance, the other section or sections
shall govern.
SECrIOO 4: The .fact that the City Council must act upon the rate increase
request 'before the 2nd day of Octo'ber, 1978, creates an emergency and this Ordinance
is passed as an Emergency measure without the necessity of passage on rrore than one
reading.
PASSED AND APPROVED at Regular Meeting of the _City CouncH
of the
Ci ty
of North Richland Hills
, Texas, this the 25th
day of
September
, 1978.
APPROVED :
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MaYO~ro Tern - James F. Cato
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