ORD CC 1980-58 - Gulf States Rates•
ORDINANCE NO. 80 -58
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING RATE SCHEDULES TO BE CHARGED BY
GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY IN THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE,
TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SUCH RATE
SCHEDULES, AND PROVIDING CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SUCH
RATE SCHEDULES MAY BE CHANGED, MODIFIED, AMENDED, OR
WITHDRAWN.
WHEREAS, on June 17, 1980, Gulf States Utilities Company filed with the
City of Huntsville a request for an increase in rates to be charged within
the City in the amount of approximately $84.8 million per annum on a Texas
retail systemwide basis; and
WHEREAS, the City, having suspended the effective date of such proposed
rate increase, and having considered the same at a public hearing, is of the
opinion and finds that an increase in rates should be approved.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS:
Section 1: That an increase in the rates, tariffs and charges of Gulf States
Utilities Company for electric power and energy sold within the City be
approved in an amount such that the adjusted total Texas retail system-
wide operating revenues for the Company be increased $44,000,000 per annum,
based on the adjusted 1979 test year. Such Schedule of Rates, as are
approved in accordance herewith, are those under which 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 time as said Rate Schedules may
be changed, modified, amended or withdrawn, with the approval of the
City Council.
Section 2: That Gulf States Utilities Company shall, within ten (10) days
from the final passage of this Ordinance, file with the City a revised
Schedule of Rates and Tariffs consistent with state and federal law
setting forth those rates, tariffs and charges based upon an increase
in total operating revenues as prescribed herein and the revenue stipu-
lation filed by various parties in Docket 3298 before the Public Utility
Commission of Texas. Such Schedule of Rates and Tariffs may be modified
or amended by the City Council of the City of Huntsville within twenty
(20) days from the final passage of this Ordinance, otherwise, same
shall be considered approved as filed. Such Schedule of Rates and
Tariffs, as same may be modified or amended, shall be effective from
and after final passage of this Ordinance and shall apply to all power
and energy used by each customer after October 20, 1980.
Section 3: That the action of the City Council of the City of Huntsville
enacting this Ordinance constitutes, on the date of its final passage,
a final determination of rates for Gulf States Utilities Company within
the City of Huntsville in accordance with Section 43(e) of the Public
Utility Regulatory Act.
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 City under the law to regulate the rates and charges of Gulf
States Utilities Company.
READ, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE UNANIMOUS,fJOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, on this the 4/ day of October, A.D. 1980.
APPROVED:
SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
MORRIS I. WALLER, Mayor