HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2001-14 RESOLUTION NO. R2001-14
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS,
CONCLUDING PUC DOCKET NO. 23098 REGARDING RELIANT
HL&P'S REQUEST TO REVISE FUEL FACTORS AND IMPLEMENT
SURCHARGE FOR PRIOR UNDERCOLLECTED FUEL COSTS.
WHEREAS, on or about October 2, 2000 Reliant HL&P (HL&P or Company) filed a
request with the Public Utility Commission (PUC) to increase its fuel factor and to impose a
surcharge to recover under-collected fuel costs that was designated as Docket No.23098;
WHEREAS, the City of Friendswood intervened in Docket No. 23098 to protect the
interests of its residents;
WHEREAS, the Public Utility Regulatory Act and the Substantive Rules of the PUC
permit electric utilities to recover current fuel costs and preclude challenges to the
reasonableness of such costs until a future fuel reconciliation case;
WHEREAS, there is no dispute that the price HL&P pays to purchase electricity is
adversely impacted by recent increases in the price of natural gas, causing the Company to fail to
recover its fuel costs;
WHEREAS, the City of Friendswood, in cooperation with other Gulf Coast Cities,
participated fully in PUC Docket No. 23098 and Counsel for the City of Friendswood
recommends no opposition to a settlement agreement reached in PUC Docket No. 23098 as
producing results that achieve all that is possible under circumstances where parties are
precluded from litigating the reasonableness of costs;
WHEREAS, no party to Docket No. 23098 has expressed any opposition to the
Settlement Agreement.
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THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the City's involvement in PUC Docket No. 23098 is concluded with
the Commission's adoption of the Settlement Agreement that was not opposed by the City of
Friendswood.
PASSED, APPROVED AND RESOLVED this the 16th day of April ,
2001.
Harold L. itaker
Mayor
ATTEST:
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loris McKenzie, T C
City of Friendswood
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