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• <br />. i <br />May 21, 1975 . <br />YI-13-700 <br />,Houston Lighting & Power Company <br />(City of Houston Franchise - <br />Ordinance No. 57-929) <br />Oil Pipeline Sy$tem I <br />f <br />. i <br />B <br />-Pir . Jonathan S . Day <br />City Attorney <br />City Fall <br />Houston,.Texas 77002 ` <br />Dear 1,11r. Day: <br />Z understand the Public Works Department will <br />seek an opinion on whether Houston Lighting & Power <br />Company must obtain an additional franchise because of <br />the necessity of building a pipeline system to trans- <br />port oil to its power plants. The purpose of this <br />' <br />letter is to acquaint you with our situation. <br />Due to the energy crisis Houston Lighting & <br />Power Company has built some generating-:inits that are <br />capable of burning not only natural gas but also fuel <br />oil on a continuous basis. father units have been and ' <br />are being converted so that they also will have t1le <br />capability of continuously burning fuel oil when neces- <br />sary. At the plants in question there are large storage <br />tan;cs which are presently being filled from barges wherry <br />possible and otherwise the oil must be brought to the <br />tanks by truck. This type operation is comparable to <br />trying to fill a washtub with an eye dropper. Should <br />_ <br />there be a prolonged curtailment of natural gas deliv- <br />eries, an operational pipeline will be essential for <br />continuous electric service in our area. <br />