HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 84-24.023 - Gen Service Rate Natural GasORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND DETERMINING THE GENERAL SERVICE
RATE TO BE CHARGED FOR SALES OF NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTAIL
AND COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS IN THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN,
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXA: PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER IN
WHICH SUCH RATE MAY BE CHANGED, ADJUSTER, AND AMENDED:
AND PROVIDING FOR A SCHEDULE OF SERVICE CHARGES.
BE OR ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Effective with gas bills rendeered 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 residentail and commercial
consumers within the city limits of Georgetown, Texas, by Lone Star Gas
Company, a division of ENSERCH CORPORATION, a Texas Corporation, its
successors and assigns, is hereby fixed and determined as set forth in
Item A, in the Attachment hereto which is incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. The residentail and commercial rates set forth above shall
be adjusted upward or downward from a base of $4.2762 per Mcf by a 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 author-
ized by the Railroad Commission of Texas or other regulatory body 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 Lone 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 sur-
charge 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 commercail
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 raports will be provided to account for 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 Attahcment hereto which is incorporated herein are approved.
Services for which no charge is set out in Iten 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 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 which 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 8th say of May, 1984, A.D.
FINALLY PASSED AND APPROVED on the second reading on this the 21st day
of May, 1984, A.D.
Carl Doering, Mayor
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Pat -Caballero, City Secretary
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