HomeMy WebLinkAbout02050 RES - 04/01/1947A RESOLUTION
ADOPTING AND APPROVING A SCHEDULE OF RATES
FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICE FOR ELECTRICAL SER-
VICE FURNISHED BY CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT
COMPANY IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHOM, Mr. E. S. Joslin, District Manager of the Central
Power and Light Company in Corpus Christi, Texas, has appeared before
the City Council and has presented a schedule of rates proposed to be
promulgated by Central Power and Light Company to consumers of electric
power and energy located within the city limits of said City and has
requested the said City Council to consider and approve such schedule; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has read and considered the schedule
of rates proposed by Mr. Joslin on behalf of Central Power and Light
Company; and
WHEREAS, after due study and consideration, it appears that
the schedule of rates proposed is fair and would be for the benefit of
the City of Corpus Christi and the consumers of'electrioity located
therein;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the said schedule of rates is hereby in all
things approved, ratified and confirmed and is ordered to be in effect
as of the final meter reading date after day of �DY,
1947• A copy of such schedule of rates being attached hereto and made
a part of this resolution for all pertinent purposes and reads as follows:
NET
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY S3CHEDULEtLA -CCe-
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
AVAILABILITY
This schedule is available for all Electric Service required for residential purposes in private
dwellings, and in separately teetered individual family apartments, when all service, except
controlled unit of Electric water heater, is supplied at one point of delivery and measured
through one meter.
Where two family or housekeeping units are served through one meter, it will be optional
with the Customer whether the kilowatt -hour steps in the rate and the minimum bill pro-
visions will be doubled for billing purposes or whether all of the service will be furnished
under the Commercial Service Schedule. Where more than two family units or apartments
are served through one meter, billing will be under the applicable Commercial Service
Schedule or other schedules optional to it.
This schedule is not available for a residence that is used for any commercial business;
however, if the Customer's wiring is so arranged that the Electric Service for residential
purposes and for non- residential purposes can be metered separately, then this schedule is
available to that portion used for residential purposes.
The service furnished hereunder will be single - phase, 60 cycle, 115/230 volts alternating
current. Three phase service will be furnished under this schedule as outlined under the
Company's Standard Terms and Conditions.
NET MONTHLY RATE
$0.75 which includes the use of 12 kilowatt -hours
4.50 each for the next 38 kilowatt- hours.
3.00 each for the next 100 kilowatt -hours
2.00 each for all additional kilowatt -hours used
For Customers Having Loads in Excess of 5 Kilowatts
When the Customer's Load exceeds 5 kilowatts, the 3Q block of the above rate will be
increased by 150 kilowatt hours for each kilowatt over 5.
Minimum Monthly Bill
$0.75 per month plus $1.00 for each kilowatt of Customer's load over 5, using as a basis the
Customer's greatest load during the 12 months ending with the current month.
DETERMINATION OF CUSTOMER'S LOAD
Customer's load will be measured and will be the average kilowatts used by the Customer
during the 15 minute period of maximum use during the month.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
All bills are due when rendered and are payable within ten days thereafter.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Service will be furnished under the Company's Standard Terms and Conditions.
SECTION 2. Any and all resolutions in conflict herewith
heretofore passed are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. The necessity for simplifying the residential
electric service rates in the City of Corpus Christi and to insure a
lower billing rate creates a public emergency and imperative public
necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement
that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date
of its introduction, and that said Ordinance or resolution shall be
read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor
having declared that such emergency and public imperative necessity
exist, and requested that said Charter rule be suspended and that this
resolution be passed finally on the date of its introduction, and take
effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passages IT
IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED.
PASSED AND APPROVED this day of April, A. D. 1947.
PRO TEM
City of Corpus Christie Texas
ATTESTa
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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C y Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
April 1, 1947
TO THE MUMS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the
foregoing resolution, a public emergency and imperative necessity
exist for the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no
ordinance or resolution $hall be passed finally on the date it is
introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at
three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, hereby request that
you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this resolution
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of
the City Council.
Respectfully,
0 VR0 ZMM en2g
.City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Wesley E. Seale
John A. Ferris
George R. Clark, Jr.
R. R. Henry
The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Wesley E. Seale
John A. Ferris
George R. Clark, Jr.
R. R. Henry
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