HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 82-33 - Natural Gas Service Rate399
ORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND DETERMINING THE GENERAL SERVICE
RATE TO BE CHARGED FOR SALES OF NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL
AND COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS IN THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN,
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS: PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER IN
WHICH SUCH RATE MAY BE CHANGED, ADJUSTED, AND AMENDED;
AND PROVIDING FOR A SCHEDULE OF SERVICE CHARGES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
SECTIONI. Effective with gas bills rendered on and after thirty
(30) days from the final date of passage of this ordinance, the maximum
general service rate for sales of natural gas rendered to residential and
commercial consumers within the city limits of Georgetown, Texas, by
Lone Star Gas Company, a division of ENSERCH CORPORATION, a Texas Corpor-
tation, its successors and assigns, is hereby fixed and determined as set
forth in Item A, in the Attachment hereto which is incorporated herein.
ry.� SECTION 2. The residential and commercial rates set forth above
W shall be adjusted upward or downward from a base of $3.1847 per Mcf by a
co Gas Cost Adjustment Factor expressed as an amount per thousand cubic feet
(Mcf) of natural gas for changes in the intracompany city gate rate charge
as authorized by the Railroad Commission of Texas or other regulatory body
Q having jurisdiction for gas delivered to the Georgetown distribution
system, according to Item B, in the Attachment hereto which is incorporated
herein.
SECTION 3. Company shall also receive tax adjustments according to
Item C, in the Attachment hereto which is incorporated herein.
SECTION 4. Rate case expense is not included in the calculation of
proposed rates. If rate case expense is incurred in this current case, it
is the intention of Line Star Gas Company to recover the current and any
prior rate case expense through a surcharge designed for a six-month nominal
recovery period. The surcharge per Mcf would be calculated by dividing the
rate case expense to be recovered by one-half of the adjusted annual sales
volume to residential and commercial customers. If there is no current rate
case expense, the Company will forego recovery of any unamortized prior
rate case expense. When a surcharge is applicable, monthly status reports
will be provided to account for the collections.
SECTION 5. In addition to the aforesaid rates, Company shall have
the right to collect such reasonable charges as are necessary to conduct
its business and to carry out its reasonable rules and regulations in effect.
The service charges set forth in Item D, in the Attachment hereto which is
incorporated herein are approved. Services for which no charge is set out
in Item D may be performed and charged for by Company at a level established
by the normal forces of competition.
SECTION 6. The rates set forth in this ordinance may be changed
and amended by either the City or Company in the manner provided by law.
Service hereunder is subject to the orders of regulatory bodies having
jurisdiction, and to the Company's Rules and Regulations currently on file
in the Company's office.
SECTION 7. It is hereby found and determined that the meeting at
chich this ordinance was passed was open to the public, as required by
Texas law, and that advance public notice of the time, place and purpose of
said meeting was given.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 9th day of November, 1982, A.D.
FIALLY PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading on this the 22nd
day of vember, 1982, A.D.
ATTEST:
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Jim Colbert, City Secretary Jo C. Doerfler, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JOE B. MCMASTER, CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF TEXAS X
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSON X
I, Jim Colbert, Secretary of the City of Georgetown,
Williamson County, Texas, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance passed
by the City Council on first reading on the 9th day of
November, 1982, and was finally passed and approved by the
City Council on s cond and final reading on the 22nd day
of November, 198 , all as appears of r coxd in the Minutes of
City in Book , Pagel
Secretary
City of Georgetown, Texas