HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 789 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 789
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AMENDED OR WITHDRAWN; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT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.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. On January 22, 1993, Texas Utilities Electric Company filed with the
Governing Body of this municipality and simultaneously with the Public Utility Comm/ssion
of Texas a virtually identical Petition and Statement of Intent with proposed changes in the
rate schedules and service regulations of said Company.
SECTION 2. 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 authorized to render service and to collect charges
from its customers 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changed, modified, amended or withdrawn with the approval of the Governing Body of this
municipality.
SECTION 3. 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 systemwide 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 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 4. The filing of said rate schedules and service regulations shall constitute
notice to the consumers of electricity, within this municipality, of the availability and
application of such rate schedules and service regulations.
SECTION 5. Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall be construed now or
hereafter as limiting or modifying in any manner, the right and power of the Governing
Body of this municipality under the law to regulate the rates, operations, and services of
Texas Utilities Electric Company.
SECTION 6. 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 public notice
of the time, place and purpose of said meeting was given as required.
SECTION 7. An emergency exists necessitating the suspension of any rule requiring
multiple readings of this Ordinance and all multiple readings of this Ordinance are hereby
waived; this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City
of The Colony, Texas on this the 22nd day of February, 1993.
yo, City of The Colony, T~
City Secretary, City of The Colony, Texas
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney, City of The Colony, Texas