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<br />Section 2. Definitions. <br /> <br />Annual Adjustment Factor has the meaning set forth in Section 11 below. <br />Annual Franchise Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 11 below. <br /> <br />Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) or '~ccess BPL" has the same meaning as <br />that used by the Federal Communications Commission in Section 15.3 of its Rules as <br />reprinted below: <br /> <br />Access Broadband over Power Line (Access BPL). A carrier <br />current system installed and operated on an electric utility <br />service as an unintentional radiator that sends radio <br />frequency energy on frequencies between 1.705 MHz and <br />80 MHz over medium voltage lines or over low voltage lines <br />to provide broadband communications and is located on the <br />supply side of the utility service's points of interconnection <br />with customer premises. Access BPL does not include <br />power line carrier systems as defined in Section 15.3(t) of <br />this part or In-House BPL as defined in Section 15.3(gg) of <br />this part. <br /> <br />City means the City of La Porte, Texas, a municipal corporation of the State of <br />Texas. <br /> <br />City Council means the governing body of the City, or its designee. <br /> <br />Company means CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, a Texas limited <br />liability company. <br /> <br />Effective Date means October 13, 2006. <br /> <br />First Rate Case has the meaning set forth in Section 14 below. <br /> <br />Force Majeure means forces or conditions not reasonably within the control of a <br />party, including a strike; war or act of war (whether an actual declaration of war is made <br />or not); insurrection; riot; act of public enemy; accident; fire; flood or other act of God; <br />sabotage; shortages in materials, supplies and equipment; governmental regulations, <br />limitations and restrictions as to the use and availability of materials, supplies and <br />equipment and as to the use of services; unforeseen and unusual demands for service; <br />or other events, where the affected party has exercised all due care in the prevention <br />thereof and such causes or other events are without the fault or negligence of the <br />affected party. <br /> <br />Franchise means this Ordinance and the rights and privileges granted by this <br />Ordinance. <br /> <br />Franchise Year has the meaning set forth in Section 11, below. <br /> <br />HOU03:1055752.7 <br />