1993-087E:\WPDOCS\ORD\TU.ORD
ORDINANCE NO. 9~13 - 087
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING RATE SCHEDULES AND SERVICE REGULATIONS FOR
TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY; 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SERVICE REGULATIONS MAY BE CHANGED, MODIFIED, AMENDED OR WITHDRAWN;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.
WHEREAS, on January 22, 1993, Texas Utilities Electric company
filed with the governing body of this municipality its Petition and
Statement of Intent proposing changed rate schedules and service
regulations for application within Denton on February 26, 1993; and
WHEREAS, the governing body of this municipality suspended the
proposed effective date of said proposed changed rate schedules and
service regulations as permitted by Section 43(d) of the Public
Utility Regulatory Act; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Body of this municipality, after having
considered the proposed changed rate schedules and service regula-
tions and the date supporting same at a public hearing, is of the
opinion and finds that the rate schedules and service regulations
of the Texas Utilities Electric company within Denton should be the
same as those rate schedules and service regulations approved by
the Public Utility Commission of Texas pursuant to the virtually
identical Petition and Statement of Intent filed by Texas Utilities
Electric Company with the Public Utility Commission of Texas on
January 22, 1993; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the rate schedules and service regulations of
Texas Utilities Electric Company approved and set 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 January 22, 1993, are hereby approved as the rate
schedules and service regulations under which said Company is au-
thorized to render service and to collect charges from its custom-
ers for the sale of electric power and energy within the corporate
limits of this municipality until such time as said rate schedules
and service regulations may be changed, modified, amended or with-
drawn with the approval of the Denton City Council.
SECTION II. That the aforesaid rate schedules and service
regulations herein approved shall be effective from and after the
date the Public Utility Commission of Texas orders said new rate
schedules and service regulations effective for Texas Utilities
Electric Company, provided that, in order to effect uniform system
wide rates, changed rates may be earlier placed in effect within
this municipality to the same extent that changed rates are earlier
placed in effect in all of the other areas served by Texas Util-
ities 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 rate schedules and service
regulations shall constitute notice to the consumers of electri-
city, within this municipality, of the availability and application
of such rate schedules and service regulations.
SECTION IV. That nothing in this ordinance contained shall be
construed now or hereafter as limiting or modifying in any manner,
the right and power of the Denton City Council under the law to
regulate the rates, operations, and services of Texas Utilities
Electric Company.
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.
ATTE
JENN
BY:
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA I- DRAYOVTTCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the 19U) day of 1993.