2596 ORD FIXING/DETERMINING TEMPORARY GENERAL SERVICE RATE TO BE CHARGED FOR SALES OF NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS IN COP

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ORDINANCE N0.2596 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, FIXING AND DETERMINING A TEMPORARY GENERAL SERVICE RATE TO BE CHARGED FOR SALES OF NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS Ii1 THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH RATE MAY BE CHANGED, ADJUSTED, AND AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR A SCHEDULE OF TEMPORARY SERVICE CHARGES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT IiEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECEMBER 4, 1981. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section l. Effective with gas bills rendered on and af ter thirty (30) days from the proposed effective date of the Company's proposed rates, and during the period of suspension of those rates only, the maxirium general service rate for sales of natural gas rendered to residential and commercial consumers within the City limits of Paris, Texas, by Lone Star Gas Company, a Division of ENSERCH CORPO:ATION, a Texas Corporation, its successors and assigns, is hereby fixed and deter- mined as set forth in Item A in Exhibit A attached hereto which is incorporated herein. Section 2. The residential and commercial rates set forth above shall be adjusted upward or downward from a base of $2.4624 per Mcf by a Gas Cost Adjustment Factor expressed as an amount per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) of natural gas for changes in the intracompany city gate rate charge as authorized by the Railroad Commission of Texas or other regulatory body having .jurisdiction for gas delivered to the Paris distribution system, according to Item B in Exhibit A attached hereto which is incorporated herein. Section 3. Company shall also receive tax adjust- ments according to Item C in Exhibit A attached hereto which is incorporated herein. Section 4, In addition to the aforesaid rates, Company shall have the right to collect such reasonable charges as are necessary to conduct its business and to carry out its reasonable rules and regulations in effect, as set forth in Item D in Exhibit A attached hereto which is incorporated herein. Section 5. The rates set forth in this ordinance are temporary and are effective only for the period of suspension of Lone Star's proposed rates, according to Section 43(d) of Art. 1446c, Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. If the final rates determined by the City are lower than these temporary rates, Lone Star shall credit against future customer bills the difference in the amount actually collected by the company and that which would have been collected had the final rates been in effect during the period of suspension. The credit shall be made over a period not to exceed 120 days. Service hereunder is sub- ject to the orders of regulatory bodies having jurisdiction, and to the Coripany's Rules and Regulations currently on file in the Company's office.