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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND DETERMINING THE GENERAL SERVICE RATE TO BE
CHARGED FOR SALES OF NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CON-
SUMERS IN THE CITY OF PROSPER, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR
THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH RATE MAY BE CHANGED, ADJUSTED, AND AMENDED,
PROVIDING FOR SURCHARGE; AND PROVIDING FOR A SCHEDULE OF SERVICE
CHARGES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PROSPER, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Effective with gas bills rendered on and after thirty
(30) days from the final date of passage of this ordinance, the maximum gen-
eral service rate for sales of natural gas rendered to residential and com-
Cconsumers within the City limits of Prosper, 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 residential and commercial rates set forth above
shall be adjusted upward or downward from a base of $2.1174 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 juris-
diction for gas delivered to the Prosper 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. The $.05 per Mcf surcharge as authorized by the Railroad
Commission of Texas in GUD-2087 is not included in the calculation of proposed
rates. However, it is the intention of Lone Star Gas Company to collect this
surcharge in accordance with the Commission order until such time as the
• authorized amount has been recovered thereby and such surcharge shall be added
to the rate set out herein. Monthly status reports to the Commission and City
will be provided to account for these 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, as
set forth in Item D, in the Attachment hereto which is incorporated herein.
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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 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 the /v, day of //`7
A.D. 19j.
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ATTEST:
Secretary ayor/
City of Proffer, Texas
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STATE OF TEXAS X
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COUNTY OF COLLIN
I, 4j4./,I..GR4c,) , Secretary of the City of Prosper,
Collin County, Texas, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of an ordinance passed and approved by the City Commission of the
City of Prosper at a session held on the /i day of
1916 as it appears of r ord in the Minutes of said City Commission in Boo
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WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID CITY, this the /j day of
(726-17 , A.D. 19 V
Secretary
City of Prosper, Texas
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