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Home My WebLink About1985-1583 - Ordinance - 04/10/1985ORDINANCE NO. 1583 AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND DETERMINING THE GENERAL SERVICE RATE TO BE CHARGED FOR SALES OF NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS IN THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH RATE MAY BE CHANGED, ADJUSTED, AND AMENDED; AND PROVIDING FOR THE RECOVERY OF ANY CURRENT AND UNRECOVERED PRIOR RATE CASE EXPENSE, 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 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS= SECTION 1. Effective with gas bills rendered on and after thirty (30) days from the final date of passage of this ordin- ance, the maximum general service rate for sales of natural gas rendered to residential and commercial consumers within the city limits of College Station, Texas, by Lone Star Gas Company, a division of ENSERCH 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 Mci by a Gas Cost Adjustment Factor expressed as an amount per thousand cubic feet (Mci) of natural gas for changes in the intracompany city gate rate charge as authorized by the Railroad Commission of Texas or other regulatory body having jurisdiction for gas delivered to the College Station distribution system, according to Item S, in the Attachment hereto which is incorporated herein. SECTION 3. In addition to the aforesaid ~ates, 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. The charges set forth in Items C and D, 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 4. Rate case expense is not included in the calculation of proposed rates. If rate case expense is incurred in this current case, it is the intention of Lone Star Gas Company to recover the current and any unrecovered prior rate 004454 case expense through a surcharge designed for a six-month nominal recovery period. The surcharge per Mcf would 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. When a surcharge is applicable, monthly status reports will be provided to account for the collections. SECTION 5. The rates set forth in this ordinance may be changed and amended Dy either the City of Company in the manner provided by law. Service hereunder is sub3ect 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 6. It is hereby found and determined that the meeting at which this ordinance was passed was open to the public, as required by Texas law, and that advance public notice o~ the time, place and purpose of said meeting was given. PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 10th day of April, A.D. 1985. ATTEST: Secre~ City of College Station, Texas 004455 STATE OF TEXAS ) ) COUNTY OF BRAZOS ) I, 6~ 'B,~raz__~-~--~"/ , Secretary of the City of College Station, County, Texas, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance passed and approved by the City Council of the City of College Station at a regular workshop session held on the 10th day of April , 1985, as it appears of record in the M---~-~utes of s~d college S~ation City Council in Book 19 , Page __ WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID CITY, this the]6th day of ~, A.D. 1985. City of College Station, Texas ATTACHMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 1583 CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS LONE STAR GAS COMPANY TARIFFS & SCHEDULES lt~m A. Ite~ B. The following rates are the maxim,-- applicable to residential and c~ercial consumers per meter per month or for any part of a month for which gas service is available at the same location. S,,-,~er rates shall be applicable between the meter reading dates in Hay and October (five months). Winter rates shall be applicable at all other times. Residential: Customer Charge All Cons,~ptien @ Winter $,~er ~.50nn $4.5000 4.5593 Per Mcr 4.?0q~ Per Mcr If the service period is less than 28 days in the winter months, the winter customer charge is $. 2321 times the number of days service. If the service period is less than 28 days in the sum~er months, the s,mer customer charge is $. 1607 times the number of days service. Coramercial: Customer Charge All Consumption @ Winter S,-,~er $10.5o00 $6.5000 4.5593 Per Mc~ 4.2flq3 Per Mcf If the service period is less than 28 days in the winter months, the winter customer charge is $. 3750 times the number of days service. If the service period is less than 28 days in the s,mwer months, the summer customer charRe is $. 7321 times the number of days service. Bills are due and payable when rendered and must be paid within ten days from the monthly billing date. Cas Cost Adjustment Each monthly bill at the above rate shall be adjusted for gas cost as follows: (1) The city Rate rate increase or decrease applicable to current billing month residential and comercial sales shall be estimated to the nearest $0.0001 per Ncr based upon: (s) A volume factor of 1.0063 determined in establishing the above rates for the distribution system as the ratio of adjusted purchased volmnes divided by adjusted sales volumes. (b) The city gate rate estimated to be applicable to volumes pur- chased during the current calendar month, expressed to the nearest $0.0001 per Ncf (shorn belo~ as "Re"). (c) The base city gate rate of $4.0200 per Mcr. 004457 ~tem C. (2) Correction of the eatiu~ted adjustment detez~lned by Item B (2) ebove shall be Included es part of the adjustment for the second follo~ing blllin~ month. The correctinR factor (sho~n belo~ as 'C") shall be expressed to the nearest $0.0001 per Ncr based upon: (e) The corrected adjustment euount based upon the act,,-1 city sate rote, lees (b) The estimated edJustnent auount billed under Item B (1) above, divided by (c) Distribution system residential and counercial sales Ncr recorded on the Company*s books during the prior year for the month that the correction Is included as part of the adlustment. (3) The adJustuemt determined by Item B (1) and Item B (2) above shall be multiplied by s tax factor of 1.n35~ to include street and alley rental and state occupation tax due to increasing or decreasing Company revenues under this gas cost adlustment provision. In smm~qr~, the gas cost adjustment (GCA) shall be determined to the nearest $0.000! per Mcr by Item B (l), Item B (2) and Item · (3) as follows: GCA = (Item B (1) + It-- B (2) X Item B (3) GCA = (1.0063) (Re - $ 4.0200) + C X 1.0552n Schedule of Service Charges (1) Reconnect Charge addition to the charges and rates set out above, the Company shall charge and collect the sum of: Schedule Charge ~ a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Priday 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. Monday throeoh Friday Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays $20.00 30.O0 3n.00 as a reconnect charge for each reconnection or reinauouration of ga~ aervice~ where service has been discontinued at th~ same premises for any reason, with the ~ollowing exceptions. (a) For a builder who uses gas temporarily dur~no construction or for display purposes. (b) For the first occupant of the premises. (c) Whenever oas service has been temporarily interrupted because of system outage, service work or appliance installation done by CompanyI or (d) For any reason deemed necessary for Company oper.tion%0445$ ~tom D. (2J Returned Check Charges A returned check handling charge of $7.50 is made for each check returned to the Company for reasons of non-sufficient funds, account closed, payment withheld, invalid signature, or improper preparation. (3) Collection charge A charge of $5.00 shall be made for each instance when it is necessary for · company employee to go to · customer's residence or place of business in order to collect amounts owed the Company for gas service previously rendered. ~is charge shall not apply if service is ter~inated at the time of the collection action. ?his charge shall apply to only one trip on the same amount owed. Main Line Extension Rate ?he charge for extending mains beyond the free limit established by Lone Star Gas Company, or any free limit established by franchise, for residential customers shall be the lesser ofz (a) the system-wide average cost of construction, including all overheads, for the prior fiscal year or (b) the adjusted actua! cost as deter~uined by applying the latest Bandy-Whitman Index to the 1975 actual base cost of $2.94. The Company shall file the calculation of such charge with the city as soon as sufficient data is available each fiscal year. Extension to commercial and industrial customers shall be based on actual cost per foot. 0044§8