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• • <br />• ORDINANCE NO. /'~~~ <br />AN ORDINANCE RECITING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE HOUSTON LIGHTING <br />& POWER COMPANY (HL&P) STATEMENT OF INTENT TO CHANGE ELECTRIC <br />RATES; SUSPENDING THE SCHEDULE OF RATES OF HL&P FOR A PERIOD <br />OF ONE IiUNDRED TWENTY ( 120 ) DAYS FROC~I THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF; <br />AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS ORDINANCE. <br />WHEREAS, on June 16, 1982, the Houston Lighting & Power <br />Company (HL&P} filed a Statement of Intent to change its rates <br />• for electric service within the City of La torte and has <br />requested that said changes become effective on July 22, 1982; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, FIL&P has filed revised Tariff Schedules together <br />with statements specifying in detail each proposed change, a <br />rate filing package, and supporting testimony; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Regulatory <br />Act, Article 1446c, Texas Revised Civil Statutes, gives the <br />governing body of each municipality exclusive original juris- <br />diction over electric rates within its municipal boundaries; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, Section 43(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory <br />Act authorizes the governing body of any municipality acting <br />• as a Regulatory Authority to suspend the operation of any pro- <br />posed change in rates for a period not to exceed 120 days <br />beyond the date on which the scheduled rates would otherwise <br />go into effect, which period may be further extended for an <br />additional 30 days; and <br />WHEREAS, HL&P's proposed rate changes and the detailed <br />material supporting those changes require comprehensive evalu- <br />ation and study; now, therefore, <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br />Section 1. That the changes in rates for electric ser- <br />vice within the City of La Porte proposed by Houston Lighting <br />& Power Company to become effective on July 22, 1982, should <br />