95-022 ORD FIXING AND DETERMING GENERAL SERVICE RATE TO BE CHARGED BY LONE STAR GAS COMPANY FOR SALES OF NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS IN COP
pRDINANCE NO. 95-022
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND DETERMINING THE GENERAL SERVICE
RATE TO BE CHARGED BY LONE STAR GAS COMPANY FOR SALES OF
NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS IN THE
CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER
IN WHICH SUCH RATE MAY BE CHANGED, ADNSTED, AND AMENDED;
PROVIDING FOR A WEATHER NORMALIZATION CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
THE RECOVERY OF ANY CURRENT OR UNRECOVERED PRIOR RATE CASE
EXPEN5E; PROVIDING FOR A SCHEDULE OF SERVICE CHARGES; AND
PROVIDING FOR A MAIN LINE EXTENSION RATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Effective with gas bills rendered immediately after the final date
of passage of this ordinance, the maximum 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 F:NSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation, its
successors and assigns, is hereby fixed and determined as set forth in Item A in the
Attachment 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 $4.0200 per Mcf by a Gas Cost Adjustment
Factor expressed as an amount per thousand cubic feet (Mcfl of natural gas for changes
in the intercompany 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 the Attachment hereto which is incorporated
herein.
SECTION 3. The residential and commercial rates set forth above shall be
adjusted upward or downward for changes in taxes and other governmental impositions,
rental fees or charges accarding to Item D, in the Attachment hereto which is incorporated
herein.
SECTION 4. Company shall also receive weather normalization adjustments
according to Item C, in the Attachment hereto which is incorparated herein.
SECTION 5. 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. 'The charges set forth in Items E and F in the
Attachment hereto which is incorporated herein, are approved. Services for which no
charge is set out may be performed and charged for by Company at a level established by
the normal forces of competition.
SECTION 6. In addition to the aforesaid rates, Company is authorized to recover
the current and any unrecovered prior rate case expense through a surcharge designed for
a six-month nominal recovery period. The surcharge per Mcf will be calculated by
dividing the rate case expense to be recovered by one-half of the adjusted annual sales
volume to residential and commercial customers. The Company will provide monthly
status reports to the City to account for the collection of rate case expense.
SECTION 7. The rates set forth in this ordinance may be changed and amended
by either the City ar Company in the manner provided by law. Service hereunder is
subject to the orders of regulatory bodies having jurisdiction, and to the Company's Rules
and Regulations currently on file in the Company's office.
SECTION 8. It is hereby found and determined that said meeting at which this
ordinance was passed was open to the public, as required by Texas law, and that advance
public notice of the time, place and purpose of said meeting was given.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 12th day of June, A. D., 1995.
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Eric S. Clifford, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Cle
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
T. K. ynes, City Attorney