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. e ORDINANCE NO. 11~7 AN ORDINANCE DENYING THE UTILITY SERVICE FILED BY CONTAINING FINDINGS AND FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF HOUSTON LIGHTING & OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; RATES FOR ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY; TO THE SUBJECTJ AND PROVIDING AN WHEREAS, on November 9, 1990, Houston Lighting & Power Company (the nCompanyn) filed with the City a proposed schedule of rates (Steps 2 and 3 of its rate moderation plan, the first step of which was approved by the Public Utility Commission in the Company's most recent rate case) for electric utility service within the City's limits to be effective as of December l7, 1990J and August 2, 1991, respectively. WHEREAS, the Company's proposed detailed material supporting those evaluation and studYJ and electric rate changes and the changes require comprehensive WHEREAS, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (the nCommissionn) has the authority and expertise to adjudicate these complex issues and will, in fact, be doing so for other similarly situated cities and unincorporated areas within the Company's service territorYJ and WHEREAS, the City is desirous of assuring that it will have the opportunity to continue to review the Company's case in an effort to negotiate a settlement of all issues before the Public utility Commission; and WHEREAS, the City, through the below denial of the Company's proposed schedule of rates, is not deciding the case on the merits but is basing its rationale for denial solely on the above four paragraphs. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section l. Pursuant to the provisions of the TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art. l446 S4"3(d) (Vernon Supp. 1990), the City Council hereby denies the Company's proposed schedule of rates. Such denial shall be effective when a copy of this ordinance is delivered to the Company, as provided below. Section 2. The Mayor is hereby authorized to deliver a true and certified copy of this ordinance to the Company at once. Such copy shall constitute a statement of the reasons denying the Company's rates consistent with the above and shall also constitute notice of such denial. Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only. Section 4. If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void or invalid, the validity of the remaining