HomeMy WebLinkAboutPO 6319: DENYING STATEMENT OF INTENT OF ENTERGY TEXAS, INC. P.O. No. 6319
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR,
TEXAS ( "CITY ") DENYING THE STATEMENT OF
INTENT OF ENTERGY TEXAS, INC. FILED ON MAY
13, 2013; FINDING THAT THE MEETING COMPLIES
WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT; AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, on or about May 13, 2013 Entergy Texas, Inc.
( "Entergy ") filed a Statement of Intent with the City to
modify its rate schedule for interruptible service
( "Schedule IS "); and
WHEREAS, Entergy recommends denial of Entergy's
application so that Entergy may appeal the case to the
Public Utility Commission of Texas ( "PUC" or "Commission ")
to implement a uniform rate; and
WHEREAS, the City has joined with the Steering
Committee of Cities and has intervened in Entergy's
proceeding to modify Schedule IS at the Public Utility
Commission filed as Docket No. 41488; and
WHEREAS, the Cities' participation in the proceeding
pending before the Commission would reduce rate case
expenses, would result in a uniform schedule for all
customers, and would not limit or modify in any manner, the
right and power of the City under law to regulate the base
rates and services of Entergy; and
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WHEREAS, the statutory deadline to act on Entergy's
rate increase request is June 17, 2013; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the statement and findings set out
in the preamble to this Ordinance are hereby in all things
approved and adopted.
Section 2. That the City of Port Arthur hereby
denies the proposed modification to Schedule IS requested
in Entergy's Statement of Intent.
Section 3. That Entergy is hereby Ordered to
continue operating under its existing approved rates and
schedules until modified by a regulatory authority.
Section 4. 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 under law to regulate the base rates and services of
ETI.
Section 5. That the meeting at which this
Ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in
strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas
Government Code, Chapter 551.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall become effective
from and after its passage.
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READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of May
A.D., 2013, at a Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Port Arthur, Texas, by the following vote: AYES:
Mayor:
Councilmembers:
NOES: .
Deloris "Bobbie" Prince,
Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherri Bellard, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
dAdgiC/
Yaleci.'R./ i jpno, City Attorney
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
Floyd T. Johnson, City Manager
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