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<br />DRAFT <br /> <br />H:I ATTORNEYIJANICE/RESOLUTIONS/CURRENT/Dill Electric - Infonnation Request <br />AUGUST 9, 2004 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, DIRECTING TXU ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY TO <br />FILE CERTAIN INFORMATION WITH THE CITY OF PARIS; SETTING <br />A PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE FOR THE GATHERING AND REVIEW OF <br />NECESSARY INFORMA TION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; SETTING <br />DATES FOR THE FILING OF THE CITY'S ANALYSIS OF THE <br />COMPANY'S FILING AND THE COMPANY'S REBUTTAL TO SUCH <br />ANALYSIS; RA TIFYING THE HIRING OF LEGAL COUNSEL AND <br />CONSULTANTS; RESERVING THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE <br />REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CITY OF PARIS' RATE CASE EXPENSES; <br />SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING <br />IF THE EXISTING RATES OF TXU ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY <br />ARE UNREASONABLE OR IN ANY WAY IN VIOLATION OF ANY <br />PROVISION OF LAW AND THE DETERMINATION BY THE CITY OF <br />PARIS OF JUST AND REASONABLE RATES TO BE CHARGED BY TXU <br />ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris is a regulatory authority under the Public Utility Regulatory <br />Act (PURA) and has original jurisdiction over the rates ofTXU Electric Delivery (TXU) to determine <br />if such rates are just and reasonable; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Sections 33.021, 36.003 and 36.151 ofPURA empower a regulatory authority, <br />on its own motion or on a complaint by any affected person, to determine whether the existing rates <br />of any public utility for any service are unreasonable or in any way in violation of any provision of <br />law, and upon such determination, to determine the just and reasonable rates; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris has reason to believe that TXU is overearning and its rates <br />are excessive; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris is a member of the Steering Committee of Cities Served By <br />TXU;and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Steering Committee of Cities Served by TXU has unanimously <br />recommended that cities pass a resolution that requires TXU to show cause why its transmission and <br />distribution rates should not be reduced; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris, and the City Council of the City of Paris, desires, on its own <br />motion, to exercise its authority under Sections 33.021, 36.003 and 36.151 of PURA; and <br />