2004-027-ORD PROVIDING ORDINANCE NO 2001-033 WHICH GRANTED FRANCHISE TO TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY KNOWN AS ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY

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ORDINANCE NO. 2004-027 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT ORDINANCE NO. 2001-033, WHICH GRANTED A FRANCHISE FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE TO TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY, NOW KNOWN AS ONCORELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY, BE EXTENDED FORA PERIOD OF TWELVE (12) MONTHS; PROVIDING FOR CONTINUED COMPENSATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS WITH OTHER ORDINANCES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris and TXU Electric Company, now known as Oncor Electric Delivery Company, have previously entered into Ordinance No. 2001-033 granting Oncor Electric Delivery Company a franchise to provide electric service within the city limits ofthe City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, the aforesaid franchise agreement will expire by its own terms in July of2004; and, WHEREAS, as a result of significant changes in the State of Texas regulatory scheme for regulating electric service providers within the State of Texas, franchise provisions currently existing in franchise agreements may no longer be applicable or may require significant revision; and, WHEREAS, similarly because of the changes in regulations applicable to the transmission and distribution of electric power within the State of Texas, the scheme for remitting compensation to municipalities for the use oftheir easements and rights-of-ways in providing such electric service is subject to review and possible revision; and, WHEREAS, as a result ofthese significant changes, and the accompanying uncertainty with regard to appropriate franchise revisions, the City of Paris and Oncor Electric Delivery Company desire to extend their current franchise for an additional twelve (12) months to enable the respective parties to negotiate and discuss revisions for a new franchise agreement; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved, Section 2, That Ordinance No. 2001-033, granting a franchise to Texas Utilities Electric Company, now known as Oncor Electric Delivery Company, to provide electric power service within the city limits ofthe City of Paris, Texas, is hereby extended by the mutual consent ofthe parties for an additional term of twelve (12) months to end on July 12, 2005,