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DRAFT <br /> <br />ALICE\ORDWORK\CURRENT\TXU Gas Rates Change Ord <br /> August 10, 2001 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, FINDING, AFTER REASONABLE NOTICE AND <br />HEARING, THAT TXU GAS DISTRIBUTION'S RATES AND CHARGES <br />WITHIN THE CITY SHOULD BE CHANGED; DETERMINING JUST AND <br />REASONABLE RATES; ADOPTING GENERAL SERVICE RATES, <br />INCLUDING RATE ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS <br />SERVICE CHARGES TO BE CHARGED FOR SALES AND <br />TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL, <br />COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS; PROVIDING FOR <br />RECOVERY OF RATE CASE EXPENSES; PRESERVING REGULATORY <br />RIGHTS OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING <br />ORDINANCES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS <br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Paris, Texas ("City"), acting as a regulatory authority, has <br />previously suspended the effective date of TXU Gas Distribution's ("Company") application to <br />increase rates in the City in order to study the reasonableness of that application; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Paris, in a reasonably noticed public hearing considered the <br />Company's application, a report from the City's consultants who were retained to evaluate the merits <br />of the Company's application and a settlement agreement negotiated with TXU Gas Distribution by <br />a Steering Committee of Cities on the East Region Distribution System; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City has determined that the Company's rates within the City should be <br />changed and that the Company's application should be granted, in part, and denied, in part; <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: <br /> <br /> Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things <br />approved. <br /> <br /> Section 2. That on March 2, 2001, TXU Gas Distribution, a division of TXU Gas Company <br />("Company") filed with the City Council of the City of Paris a Statement of Intent to Change <br />Residential, Commercial and Industrial Rates charged to consumers within this municipality. Also <br /> <br />-1- <br /> <br /> <br />