HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-1035 - Ordinance - 08/12/1976ORDINANCE NO. 1035
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND DETERMINING THE GENERAL SERVICE RATE TO BE CHARGED FOR SALES
OF NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH
SUCH RATE MAY BE CHANGED OR AMENDED BY THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION OR THE COMPANY;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
(a) That effective with the first gas bills rendered from and after thirty (30)
days from the date of final 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 College Station by Lone Star Gas Company, a Texas corporation,
its successors and assigns, is hereby fixed and determined as follows:
First 1,000 cu. ft. or fraction thereof $2.7196 Gross; $2.4476 Net.
Next 3,000 cu. ft. at $1.4973 per Mcf Gross; $1.3476 Net
Next 6,000 cu. ft. at $1.3972 per Mcf Gross; $1.2575 Net
Next 15,000 cu. ft. at $1.3307 per Mcf Gross; $1.1976 Net
Next 75,000 cu. ft. at $1.2862 per Mcf Gross; $1.1576 Net
Next 100,000 cu. ft. at $1.2640 per Mcf Gross; $1.1376 Net
(b) No gas bill will be rendered to any residential or commercial customer
served under the above rate in paragraph (a) not consuming any gas during any
monthly billing period.
ADJUSTMENTS
(c) If there occurs an increase or decrease in the cost of gas purchased by
the Company which is above or below the $1.1863 per Mcf level in the intracompany
City rate charge as authorized by the Railroad Commission of the State of Texas,
the Company shall submit forthwith to the City financial documentation as of the
date of the above mentioned increase or decrease in the form of statement of the
Company's revenue, expenses, and net income along with the proposed adjusted rate
schedule, all of which should prove by consistent methods, that the Company is
entitled to adjust each monthly bill based upon said increase or decrease. But,
in no event shall such adjustment exceed the adjustment for the City of Bryan,
Texas.
If the City does not object in writing to the adjustment proposed for each
monthly bill within thirty (30) days from receipt of the Company's financial data,
the rates as set out in Section 1(a) shall be deemed automatically adjusted. The
City shall have the right to approve a part of a proposed adjustment and to object
to a part of the adjustment. If the City does object to all or a part of the
adjustment, the rate schedule as established in Section 1(a) of this ordinance
shall not be changed or amended except in the manner provided by law.
The Company may adjust each gross monthly bill proportionately for any new
tax or increased tax, or any other governmental imposition, rental, fee or charge
(except state, county, city and special district ad valorem taxes and taxes on
net income) levied, assessed or imposed subsequent to the effective date of this
ordinance.
The Company, at its option, may forgo applying for any adjustment if such
adjustment would result in an increase in the monthly bill; however, failure to
so apply shall not constitute a waiver on the Company's part from applying for
any subsequent adjustment that may be applicable to any monthly bill. 0=01
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(d) Net rate shall apply to all bills paid within ten (_10) days from monthly
billing date; gross rate shall be applicable thereafter.
(e) The above rate is applicable to each residential and commercial customer
per meter per month or for any part of a month for which gas is used at the same
location.
(f) 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.
(g) If Company should subsequently recover or receive a rebate of any fuel
cost which had been charged to the residential and commercial customers in the City
of College Station by means of an adjustment clause, such customers shall receive
from Company, in the form of a credit on future bills, their share of the rebate.
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The rate set forth in Section 1 may be changed and amended by either the
City or Company furnishing gas 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.
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It is hereby found and determined that the meetings at which this ordinance
was passed were open to the public, as required by Article 6252-17, V.A.T.S., and
that advance public notice of the time, place and purpose of said meetings was
given.
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If any article, paragraph, section, clause, phrase, or provision of this
ordinance shall be adjudged invalid, or to be held unconstitutional, the same shall
not affect the validity of the ordinanceas a whole or any part or provision thereof
other than the parts so decided to be invalid or held to be unconstitutional.
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That the General Service Rate Ordinance passed by the City Council on the
22nd day of May, 1972, and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances that may be
in conflict with this ordinance are hereby expressly repealed.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN reading the 12th day of August, 1976 at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas; passed and approved
on the 12th day of August, 1976, by a vote of 4 ayes and 2 nays at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas.
OVED
Mayor
ATTEST
City Secretar