HomeMy WebLinkAbout16993 RES - 04/14/1982A RESOLUTION
CALLING FOR AN ORIGINAL HEARING INTO CENTRAL POWER AND
LIGHT COMPANY'S PROPOSED RATE INCREASE AND DECLARING
COUNCIL'S INTENTION AT SUCH HEARING TO INQUIRE INTO THE
STATUS OF THE SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR PROJECT AND LITIGATION
AND WHETHER CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY SHOULD BE
REQUIRED TO REIMBURSE RATE PAYER CITIZENS IN THE EVENT OF
A COMPANY RECOVERY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi emphatically affirms and
insists upon its right under the Texas Public Utilities Regulatory Act and
the City Charter to exercise original jurisdiction over the rates of public
utilities within its city limits; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to such statutory and charter authority, the City
Council has, by previous ordinance, suspended the operation of the rate
schedule proposed by Central Power and Light Company and authorized
intervention jointly with other cities located in Central Power and Light
Company's service area in Public Utilities Commission Docket No. 4400
concerning Central Power and Light Company's request to increase rates
outside municipal boundaries.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRSITI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council shall call and conduct within the
time prescribed and in accordance with the procedures described in the Texas
Public Utilities Regulatory Act and the City Charter an original hearing
concerning Central Power and Light Company's proposed rate increase affecting
rate payer -citizens and will expect and require attendance by appropriate
Central Power and Light Company officials,. employees, and consultants to
attend and present a full, complete, and satisfactory explanation and
justificatiorrof said rate increase request, including the presentation of
testimony and other competent evidence justifying the need for, and
convincingly demonstrating the reasonableness of the proposed rate increase.
SECTION 2. That it is the further intention of the City Council in
conjunction with the aforesaid hearing to inquire into the sta+us of the
South Texas Nuclear Project and the presently pending litigation involving
Central Power and Light Company and other South Texas Nuclear Project
partners against Brown and Root Company, including an inquiry into whether
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Central Power and Light Company should be required to reimburse rate
payer -citizens in the event of a Central Power and Light Company recovery by
settlement, order, or judgment against Brown and Root Company.
SECTION 3: That upon written; request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need for
Central Power and Light Company and the rate paying citizens to know the
Council's intention regarding the holding of such hearing and inquiry, such
finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the
'Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances and resolutions
at three regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed andi shall take
effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this )1,1- day of
April, 1982.
ATTEST:
/Ci Secre ary MAYO
APPRWED:
DAY OF APRIL, 1982
10i41:4,06ck,
ttorney
THE CI Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, T xalti
1)/ day .of , 1941—
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance or resolution,
an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting
upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular meetings; 1/we, therefore, request that you
suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is
introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
Council Members
The above ordinance was
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
Respectfully,
MAYOR
THE C TY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
passed by the following vote:
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