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• <br />• <br />BESOLIITiON NO. 8 4 - 9 <br />• A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF r,p, ORTF. ,TEXAS, RATIFYING <br />AND AUTHORIZING ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE COALITION OF <br />CITIES WITH ORIGINAL JURISDICTION TO INCLUDE DATA SHAR- <br />ING AND INTERVENTION WITH SAID COALITION IN THE HLd~P <br />RATE REQUEST, DOCKET NO. 5779, BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITY <br />COMMISSION OF TEXAS. <br />WHEREAS, on June 15, 1984, Houston Lighting and Power Company (HLdcP) <br />filed a Statement of Intent to change its rates for electric service within the City <br />of T•a p„rtQ ,Texas, and throughout its service area, and has requested that said <br />changes become effective on July 20, 1984; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Public Utility Commission of Texas has original jurisdiction <br />over said rate request within the unincorporated areas of the service area; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City of La Porte ,Texas, has original jurisdiction over <br />said rate request within its corporate limits and; <br />WHEREAS, the complexities of the issues and the magnitude of the requested <br />• rate increase requires extensive study, data and analysis for the City to responsibly <br />exercise its original jurisdiction and protect the general welfare of all ratepayers within <br />its boundaries; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City of La Porte ,Texas, desires to cooperate in a joint <br />effort with other cities with original jurisdiction to provide for an adequate analysis of <br />the issues raised by the rate change request and to retain real authority and establish a <br />genuine impact on the rate setting process by municipalities with original jurisdiction; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CIl'Y OF LA PORTE ,TEXAS: <br />THAT the City Council of the City of La Porte ,Texas, hereby <br />ratifies and authorizes the full participation of the City of La Porte ,Texas, in <br />the Coalition of Cities with Original Jurisdiction, to include data and analysis sharing and <br />intervention as a member city of the Coalition in the HLacP Rate Change Application, <br />Docket No. 5?79, now pending before the Public Utility Commission of Texas. <br />r~ <br />u <br />