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ORDINANCE NO. ~~~Z
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING RATE SCHEDULES TO BE
CHARGED BY TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY
IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, PROVIDING
FOR SCHEDULES, CONDITIONS, SEVERABILITY;
REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
WHEREAS, on January 16, 1990, Texas Utilities Electric
Company (TUEC) filed with the City of Fort Worth a request for an
increase in electric utility rates to be charged within the City
in the amount of approximately $442.4 million per annum; and
WHEREAS, the City, having suspended the effective date of
such proposed increase from February 20, 1990, and having con-
sidered the same at a public hearing, including the evidence and
recommendations of the City's consultants, is of the opinion and
finds that the existing rates should not be adjusted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the requested rates, tariffs, and charges of
TUEC for electric power and energy sold within the City be in all
respects denied. The Schedules of Rates, as are approved in
accordance herewith, are those under which the Company was
operating immediately prior to the request for increase filed on
January 16, 1990. TUEC shall be authorized to render electric
service and to collect charges from its customers for the sale of
electric power and energy within the corporate limits of the City
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until such time as the current Rate Schedules may be changed,
modified, amended, or withdrawn, with the approval of the City
Council.
Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision herein con-
tained, the rates of TUEC within the City of Fort Worth shall
not, in any case, exceed the rates of customers of TUEC in unin-
corporated areas, whether such rates for unincorporated areas are
set prior to or after the adoption of this ordinance, and it
shall be unlawful for TUEC, its agents, servants or employees, to
collect or attempt to collect higher rates within the City of
Fort Worth than are collected by TUEC within unincorporated
areas.
Section 3. That the action of the City Council of the City
of Fort Worth enacting this ordinance constitutes, on the date of
its final passage, a final determination of rates for TUEC within
the City of Fort Worth in accordance with Section 43(e) of the
Public Utility Regulatory Act.
Section 4. Nothing in this ordinance contained shall be con-
strued. now or hereafter as limiting or modifying, in any manner,
the right and power of the City under the law to regulate the
rates and charges of TUEC.
Section 5. That all ordinances, resolutions, or parts there-
of, in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of such con-
flict.
Section 6. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance
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by copying the caption in the minutes of the City Council and by
filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force and effect from and after its passage, and it is so
ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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