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To reform the Price to Beat adjustment process to 1) require the affiliated REP to provide evidence that its proposed cost increase is justified; 2) allow cities and/or the Public Utility Commission to initiate an action to reduce inflated Price to Beat rates; and 3) authorize rate case reimbursement for municipal rate case expenses incurred in Price to Beat rate cases. This change should enhance efforts to protect price to beat customers from unnecessary increases and provide for greater restraint on the market price of electricity. To delay deregulation of metering services. Confusion among market participants and problems in the exchange of information between ERCOT, retail electric providers and transmission and distribution companies has led to switching, billing, and service quality problems. Deregulation of metering services would add further complexity to a confused situation and increase the problems being experienced by CAPP members. COSTS: There is no cost to the City of Paris incident to the CAPP proposals. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Legal counsel for CAPP has prepared a white paper for your review that discusses problems with deregulation and recommends changes to the statute. Upon consideration of that report, the CAPP Board, made up exclusively of City representatives, requests that the City Council pass the attached resolution endorsing CAPP's legislative agenda. The City Staff recommends passage. STAFF CONTACT: Larry W. Schenk, City Attorney; Gene Anderson, Finance Director; Michael E. Malone, City Manager SCHEDULE: Consider approval of the proposed resolution at City Council's February 10, 2003, regular Council Meeting. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: See attached proposed resolution and accompanying CAPP generated white paper entitled "Report Regarding Cities' Experiences in the Deregulated Electric Retail Market."