CC Resolution No. 946 1697
RESOLUTION NO. 946
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, RATIFYING
AND AUTHORIZING ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE COALITION OF
CITIES WITH ORIGINAL JURISDICTION TO INCLUDE DATA AND
ANALYSIS SHARING AND INTERVENTION WITH SAID COALITION IN
THE HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER RATE REQUEST, DOCKET NO.
6765, BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS, AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO
REPRESENT THE COALITION.
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WHEREAS, on March 18, 1986, Houston Lighting and Power Company (HL&P)
filed a Statement of Intent to change its rates for electric service within the City
of Baytown, Texas, and throughout its service area, and has requested that said
changes become effective on April 23, 1986; and
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown, Texas, has original jurisdiction over said rate
request within its corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, the Public Utility Commission of Texas has original jurisdiction
over said rate request within the unincorporated areas of the service area; and,
WHEREAS, the complexities of the issues and the magnitude of the requested
rate increase requires extensive study and analysis for the City to responsibly
exercise its original jurisdiction and protect the general welfare of all ratepayers
within its boundaries; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown, Texas, desires to cooperate in a joint effort
with other cities with original jurisdiction to provide for an adequate analysis of the
issues raised by the rate change request and to establish a genuine impact on the
rate setting process by municipalities with original jurisdiction;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby
ratifies and authorizes the full participation of the City of Baytown, Texas, in the
Coalition of Cities with Original Jurisdiction (Coalition), to include data and analysis
sharing and intervention as a member city of the Coalition in the HL&P Rate
Change Application, Docket No. 6765, now pending before the Public Utility
Commission of Texas, and authorizes the City Attorney of the City of Houston to
represent the Coalition.
Section 2: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, this the 10th day of April, 1986.
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