2001-083-RES AUTHORIZING INTERVENTION BEFORE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TX IN GUD NO 9180 OR A SUCCESSOR DOCKET

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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-083 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING INTERVENTION BEFORE THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS IN GUD NO. 9180 OR A SUCCESSOR DOCKET; AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION WITH OTHER CITIES SERVED BY TXU GAS DISTRIBUTION IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND COURT PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING TXU GAS COST RECONCILIATION MATTERS RELATED TO A FILING MADE IN THE SUMMER OF 2001 AS DIRECTED BY A STEERING COMMITTEE OF CITIES; DESIGNATING A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY TO SERVE ON A STEERING COMMITTEE; REQUIRING REIMBURSEMENT OF REASONABLE RATE CASE EXPENSE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council ofthe City of Paris , Paris, Texas, is a customer ofTXU Gas Distribution and a regulatory authority with an interest in the rates and charges of TXU Gas; and, WHEREAS, TXU Gas Distribution has represented that it will make a filing at the Railroad Commission of Texas in GUD No. 9180 on or about June 29, 2001, to reconcile $1.1 billion in previously incurred and billed gas costs; and, WHEREAS, ratepayers of TXU Gas Distribution, including the City of Paris and its residents would be entitled to a pro rata portion of a refund associated with any cost found to have been unreasonable; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris and its residents could benefit from joint participation with other cities in a review of the reasonableness ofTXU Gas Distribution's gas costs; and, WHEREAS, the reasonable costs associated with the participation of cities in this ratemaking proceeding are reimbursable from the Company; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That intervention is hereby authorized in GUD No. 9180 or any successor docket at the Railroad Commission of Texas. Section 3. That the City designates the City Attorney as a representative to a Cities' Steering Committee that shall direct the efforts of counsel and consultants and the course of settlement or