02-28 - O:7
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF � , TEXAS FINDING, N
AFTER REASONABLE NOTICE AND HEARING, THAT TXU GAS DISTRIBUTION'S RATES AND CHARGES WITHIN THE CITY SHOULD w
BE CHANGED; DETERMINING JUST AND REASONABLE RATES; o
ADOPTING GENERAL SERVICE RATES INCLUDING RATE --
ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE --
CHARGES TO BE CHARGED FOR SALES AND TRANSPORTATION OF
NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL N
CUSTOMERS; PROVIDING FOR RECOVERY OF RATE CASE EXPENSES;
PRESERVING REGULATORY RIGHTS OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of 5 M ("City"), acting as a regulatory authority, has
previously suspended the effective date of TXU Gas Distribution's ("Company") application to
increase rates in the City in order to study the reasonableness of that application;
WHEREAS, the City or a consultant retained by the City evaluated the merits of the
Company's application;
WHEREAS, the City in a reasonably noticed public hearing considered the Company's
application;
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the Company's rates within the City should be
changed and that the Company's application should be granted, in part, and denied, in part;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF S C-k , TEXAS:
SECTION 1. On March 1, 2002, TXU Gas Distribution, a division of TXU Gas
Company ("Company") filed with the Governing Body of this municipality a Statement of Intent
to Change Residential, Commercial and Industrial Rates charged to consumers within this
municipality. Also filed was the Tariff for Gas Service in the North Texas Metroplex
Distribution System ("Tariff for Gas Service") and the supporting Cost of Service Schedules
("Schedules").
SECTION 2. That the existing rates and charges of TXU Gas Distribution are hereby
found, after reasonable notice and hearing, to be unreasonable and shall be changed as
hereinafter ordered. The changed rates resulting from this Ordinance are hereby determined to
be just and reasonable rates to be observed and in force within the City.
SECTION 3. The Company has agreed to modify the rates proposed in its Statement of
Intent and the modified rates are reflected in the revised Tariff for Gas Service attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
052131.31143
SECTION 4. The maximum general service rates for sales and transportation of natural
gas rendered to residential, commercial and industrial consumers within the city limits of
Texas by TXU Gas Distribution, a division of TXU Gas Company, a Texas
corporation, its successors and assigns, are hereby fixed and approved as set forth in the revised
Tariff for Gas Service attached hereto as Exhibit A. The rates reflected in the attached Rate
Schedules entitled Residential Service, Commercial Service, Industrial Sales, Industrial
Transportation and Industrial Sales & Transportation are found to be reasonable. Nothing
contained herein shall limit the right of industrial and transportation customers with competitive
options to negotiate rates with the Company that differ from approved tariffs.
SECTION 5. All electric generation customers are included as Industrial Transportation
customers under the applicable transportation rate schedule.
SECTION 6. The Rate Adjustment and Surcharge Provisions set forth in the revised
Tariff for Gas Service attached hereto as Exhibit A and entitled Gas Cost Adjustment, and Tax
Adjustment, are approved.
SECTION 7. The 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. Such
miscellaneous service charges are identified in Rate Schedules 9001 through 9008 of the
attached revised Tariff for Gas Service.
SECTION 8. Cities' rate case expenses are found to be reasonable and shall be
reimbursed by the Company. The Company is authorized to recover the rate case expenses
reimbursed to Cities and the Company's rate case expenses through a per Mcf surcharge as set
forth in the Rider entitled Surcharges in the attached revised Tariff for Gas Service.
SECTION 9. The aforesaid rate schedules and riders herein approved shall be effective
for bills rendered on or after approval of this Ordinance.
SECTION 10. The rates set forth in this Ordinance may be changed and amended by
either the City or Company in any other 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 with the City.
SECTION 11. Unless otherwise noted herein, other than TXU Gas Distribution (a named
party), no person or entity has been admitted as a party to this rate proceeding.
SECTION 12. It is hereby found and determined that said 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.
SECTION 13. This Ordinance shall be served on TXU Gas Distribution by U.S. Mail to
the Company's authorized representative, Autry Warren, Rates Manager, TXU Business
Services, 1601 Bryan Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-3411.
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SECTION 14. Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be construed now or hereafter
in limiting or modifying, in any manner, the right and power of the City under law to regulate the
rates and charges of TXU Gas Distribution.
SECTION 15. All ordinances, resolutions, or parts thereof, in conflict with this
Ordinance are repealed to the extent of such conflict. Examples of such ordinances or
resolutions that are deemed repealed are all ordinances or resolutions concerning Military Rates-
N, Cost of Service Adjustments, Plant Investment Cost Adjustments, and Weather Normalization
Adjustments. To the extent Public Authority Rates, Commercial Contract Rates or Military
Rates-N are in effect in the city those rates are specifically repealed as they are now a part of the
Commercial rates and are calculated in accordance with the revenue requirement for Commercial
customers.
SECTION 16. The rate schedules included in the Tariff for Gas Service supercede and
replace all other tariffed services provided by TXU Gas Distribution except as expressly
contained within the Tariff for Gas Service.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the q#-day of Qt&T , 2002.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
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City of Prosper
P.O. Box 307
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Records of Real FTOWY CI Collin County. Texas on
,IUL � 8 2002
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Collin COLU.Ity, McKinney 'iX
Honorable Helen Starnes
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On Jul i8 2002
At 10:35am
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ORDINANCE NO.02-28
McKinney, Texas, this the 10th
day of July, 2002.
An Ordinance of the City of
Prosper, Texas finding after
reasonable notice and
hearing, that TXU Gas
distribution's rates and
charges within the City should
be changed; determining just
and reasonable rates; adopting
general service rates Including
rate adjustment provisions and
miscellaneous service charges
to be charged for saies and
transportation of natural gas to
residential, commercial and
industrial customers;
providing for recovery of rate
case expenses; preserving
regulatory rights of the City;
providing for repeal of
conflicting ordinances;
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TOWN OF
PROSPER,TEXAS
RESOLUTION 02-23
A Resolution of the City
Council of the Town of Prosper
hereinafter referred to as
HANNAH KUNKLE,
Clerk of the
District Courts of
Collin County, Texas
By: TERRYE EVANS, Deputy
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TOWN OF PROSPER
ORDINANCE NO. 02-24
An Ordinance of the Town of
Prosper, directing its planning
Department to prepare a
Sersvice Plan for the
Approximate 44.25 Acres of
land more or less out of the
Collin County School Land
Survey, Abstract No. 147 and
being more generally
described as Bounded by U.S.
289 (Preston Road), Collin
County Road No. 78 and Collin
County Road No. 77 Collin
County, Texas proposed by
Thomas Clark to be Voluntarily
Annexed; Service plan to be in
accordance with Section
43.056, TEXAS LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE,
VA.T.S.; Service plan to be
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Collin County School Land
Survey, Abstract No. 147 and
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McKinney, Texas, on July 9,
2002.
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Texas
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75069
By: LaRonna Peeples, Deputy
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