1994-189E:\NPDOCS\ORD\RATE.TU
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING NEW RATE SCHEDULES FOR TEXAS UTILITIES
ELECTRIC COMPANY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREFOR; PROVIDING
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SUCH RATE SCHEDULES 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MODIFIED, AMENDED OR WITHDRAWN; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE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.
WHEREAS, on June 6, 1994, Texas Utilities Electric Company
filed with the city of Denton and simultaneously with the Public
Utilities Commission of Texas, its Petition and Statement of Intent
proposing four new rate schedules for application within Texas
Utilities Electric Company's Certified Service Area in the city of
Denton on July 11, 1994; and
WHEREAS, the city of Denton suspended the proposed effective
date of said proposed new rate schedules as permitted by Section
43(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Act; and
WHEREAS, the city of Denton, after having considered the pro-
posed new rate schedules and the data supporting same at a public
hearing, is of the opinion and finds that the four new rate
schedules of the Texas Utilities Electric Company within Texas
Utilities Electric Company's Certified Service Area in the City of
Denton should be approved upon approval by the Public Utilities
Commission; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. To the extent that the new rate schedules proposed
by Texas Utilities Electric Company are approved by the Public
Utility Commission of Texas pursuant to the Petition and Statement
of Intent filed by said Company with the Public Utility Commission
of Texas on June 6, 1994, those Public Utility Commission approved
rates are hereby approved for application within the Texas
Utilities Electric Company's Certified Service Area in the city of
Denton to be so applicable until such time as said rate schedules
may be changed, modified, amended or withdrawn by the city of
Denton.
SECTION II. That the aforesaid new rate schedules herein
approved shall be effective from and after the date the Public
Utility Commission of Texas orders said new rate schedules
effective for Texas Utilities Electric Company, provided that, in
order to effect uniform system-wide rates, new rates may be earlier
placed in effect in the Texas Utilities Electric Company's Certi-
fied Service Area of the city of Denton to the same extent that new
rates are earlier placed in effect in all of the other areas served
by Texas Utilities Electric Company but only pursuant to an order
of the Public Utility Commission of Texas fixing interim rates or
pursuant to a bond filed with the Public Utility Commission of
Texas and subject to refund to the same extent as authorized by
Section 43(e) of the Public Utility Regulatory Act.
SECTION III. That the filing of the new rate schedules shall
constitute notice to the consumers of electricity, within the
Certified Service Area of Texas Utilities Electric Company located
in the city of Denton, of the availability and application of such
rate schedules and service regulations.
SECTION IV. That nothing contained in this ordinance shall be
construed now or hereafter as limiting or modifying in any manner,
the right and power of the City of Denton under the law to regulate
the rates, operations, and services of Texas Utilities Electric
Company. Nothing herein shall be deemed to waive the authority of
the City of Denton pursuant to Section 42 of the Public Utility
Regulatory Act, as presently worded or as it may hereinafter be
amended.
SECTION V. That 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 the public notice of the
time, place, and purpose of said meeting was given as required.
SECTION VI. That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~L~ day of ~~C_~ , 1994.
ATTEST: BOB CASTLEBERRY, MAYOR/ ~
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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