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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. wa�ra�r*�r-�**+*��r�r x-■�r ors.*.��■*�r�r■*��r.*■�rrrr*r+�x■.�r.�r*■�r�r�r��r�*�r*r*�.r�r.s�r■*�r»■*�r■* 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. "/.