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RESOLUTION NO. 2016 -015 <br />DIRECTING ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC TO FILE <br />CERTAIN INFORMATION WITH THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; SETTING A <br />PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE FOR THE GATHERING AND REVIEW OF <br />NECESSARY INFORMATION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; SETTING <br />DATES FOR THE FILING OF THE CITY'S ANALYSIS OF THE COMPANY'S <br />FILING AND THE COMPANY'S REBUTTAL TO SUCH ANALYSIS; <br />RATIFYING THE HIRING OF LEGAL COUNSEL AND CONSULTANTS; <br />RESERVING THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE <br />CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS' RATE CASE EXPENSES; SETTING A PUBLIC <br />HEARING FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING IF THE EXISTING <br />RATES OF ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY ARE UNREASONABLE <br />OR IN ANY WAY IN VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF LAW AND THE <br />DETERMINATION BY THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS OF JUST AND <br />REASONABLE RATES TO BE CHARGED BY ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY <br />COMPANY, LLC.; NOTING COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAW; <br />PROVIDING NOTICE OF PASSAGE. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Texas is a regulatory authority under the Public Utility <br />Regulatory Act ( "PURA ") and has original jurisdiction over the rates of Oncor Electric <br />Delivery Company, LLC ( "Oncor ") to determine if such rates are just and reasonable; and <br />WHEREAS, Sections 33.021, 36.003 and 36.151 of PURA empower a regulatory <br />authority, on its own motion or on a complaint by any affected person, to determine <br />whether the existing rates of any public utility for any service are unreasonable or in any <br />way in violation of any provision of law, and upon such determination, to determine the <br />just and reasonable rates; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Texas has reason to believe that Oncor is over - earning <br />and its rates are excessive; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Texas is a member of the Steering Committee of Cities <br />Served by Oncor; and <br />WHEREAS, the Executive Committee of the Steering Committee of Cities Served by <br />Oncor has recommended that cities pass a resolution that requires Oncor to show cause <br />why its transmission and distribution rates should not be reduced; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Texas, and the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas <br />desires, on its own motion, to exercise its authority under Sections 33.021, 36.003 and <br />36.151 of PURA; and <br />WHEREAS, a procedural schedule should be established for the filing of certain <br />information by Oncor, procedures to be followed to obtain and review information from <br />