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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES TO EXECUTE
CONTRACTS WITH ELECTRIC UTILITY CUSTOMERS TO REDUCE ELECTRICAL
POWER DEMAND, AUTHORIZING CREDITS ON UTILITY BILLS FOR CUSTOMERS
WHO EXECUTE SUCH CONTRACTS, AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby
finds that the reduction of consumption of peak electric power
serves a public purpose by allowing the City to postpone the
construction of additional generation facilities, and
WHEREAS, the City Council, acting upon the recommendation of
City staff and the Public Utility Board, desires to reduce
electrical power demand by the customers of the City of Denton
Utilities, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the offering of electric
utility bill credit incentives to customers who agree to reduce
peak demand upon request by the City would reduce electric demand
and the efficient utilization of the City's existing electric
power utility system would be enhanced, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That the City Council hereby authorizes the City
Manager to establish a program to provide electric utility bill
incentives at a rate of twelve dollars per kw demand to City of
Denton customers who execute contracts authorizing the city to
interrupt power under the terms and conditions set forth in the
contracts, the program being authorized for the months of August
and September of each year
SECTION II That the Executive Director of Electric
Utilities is hereby authorized to execute such contracts on
behalf of the City
SECTION III That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and appr val
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of 1987
RAY S ENS, MAYOR
ATTEST
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JE tI ER ALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY