HomeMy WebLinkAbout1023 05-17-1990ORDINANCE NO. 1023
AN ORDINANCE DENYING A REQUESTED RATE INCREASE AND
APPROVING EXISTING RATE SCHEDULES TO BE CHARGED BY
TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CONPANY IN THE CITY OF EULESS,
TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR SCHEDULES, CONDITIONS, SEVERA-
BILITY; REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on January 16, 1990, Texas Utilities Electric Company
(TUEC) filed with the City of Euless a request for an increase in
electric utility rates to be charged within the City; and
WHEREAS, The City, having suspended the effective date of such
proposed increase from February 20, 1990, and having considered
the same at a public hearing, including the evidence and recommen-
dations of the City's consultants, is of the opinion and finds
that the existing rates should not be adjusted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EULESS, TEXAS:
THAT the requested rates, tariffs and charges of TUEC for elec-
tric power and energy sold within the City be in all respects
denied. The Schedule of Rates, as are approved in accordance
herewith, are those under which the company was operating imme-
diately prior to the request for increase filed on January 16,
1990. TUEC 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 the current rate schedules may be changed, modified,
amended, or withdrawn, with the approval of the City Council.
NOTWITHSTANDING any other provision herein contained, the rates
of TUEC within the City of Euless shall not, in any case, exceed
the rates of customers of TUEC in unincorporated areas, whether
such rates for unincorporated areas are set prior to or after the
adoption of this ordinance; and, it shall be unlawful for TUEC,
its agents, servants or employees to collect or attempt to
collect higher rates within the City of Euless than are collected
by TUEC within unincorporated areas.
THAT the action of the City Council of the City of Euless enact-
ing this ordinance constitutes, on the date of its final passage,
a final determination of rates for TUEC within the City of Euless
in accordance with Section 43(e) of the Public Utility Regulatory
Act.
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 TUEC .
THAT all ordinances, resolutions, or parts thereof, in conflict
herewith are repealed to the extent of such conflict.
THE FACT that the Council has only recently received the opinion
of experts and the time for action has almost expired creates an
emergency making it unnecessary to read and consider this ordi-
nance more than one time, and it shall become effective imme-
diately after passage at a single meeting.
ORDAINED at a called emergency meeting of the City Council of the
c. of Euless, Texas on the 17th day of May, 1990, by a vote of
t Zayes and Q_ nays.
CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS
By: o
Harold D. Samuels, Mayor
ATTEST:
Rosemary Gafford, Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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