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SOUTHLAKE RATE HEARING
TO TRI-COUNTY ELECTRIC:
QUESTION 2A: The standing request we previously made for a list of
customers and/or addresses of Tri-County's customers
in the City of Southlake as near as possible to
December 31, 1959.
ANSWER:
QUESTION 2B: Copy of contract or contracts covering the portion of
power and/or fuel adjustment arrangements between
Tri-County and Brazos Electric.
ANSWER:Power Contracts with Brazos attached).
QUESTION 2C: Copy of tarrif of Tri-County presently approved by
Public Utility Commission.
ANSWER:We filed our rates as requested with the TPUC in 1976.
They accepted the filing but we were told they only
gave specific approval when a rate change was filed
and they made a detailed study of the request.
Rate Schedule attached).
QUESTION 2D: Breakdown of rate information previously furnished as
such information pertains solely to the corporate
limits of the City of Southlake, Texas.
ANSWER:Our 1977 gross income from 605 meters in the City of
Southlake was $354,939.03. We paid the City of
Southlake $10,648.19 for 1977 franchise taxes. We
have 583 residential meters, 17 commercial meters
and 5 public buildings meters that we serve in
Southlake. We keep our expense records on a system-
wide basis and do not break them down to cities,
counties or any district divisions. We do keep our
ad valorem taxes by taxing authorities. We paid
999.72 to the City of Southlake for our 1977 taxes
in addition to the franchise tax of $10,648.19.
Southlake Hearing - February 21, 1978 Page 2
QUESTION 3A: Page 4 of written rate application- what part of the
requested increase relates to utility's desire to
return patronage capital or margins to its members.
ANSWER:None. Capital credit funds are set-aside and are
credited to the individual account of the individual
member on an annual basis. This money is used by the
Cooperative as a part of their capital structure until
such time as the Board of Directors determines it is
financially feasible to make a refund of this capital.
All capital credits have been returned from the time
the Cooperative was initiated in the late 1930's until
1960. Tri-County Electric Cooperative has refunded
822,293 in this manner. The Board has set a 20 year
rotation as their policy for operation under the TPUC.
QUESTION 3B: Pages 51 and 52 of written rate application- explanation
of patronage capital information between Tri-County and
Brazos Electric as it pertains to rate application.
ANSWER:None. Each year stands on its own. We received a
capital credits statement or certificate of $110,881
from Brazos Electric Power Cooperative for our 1977
operation. This is not cash and we cannot collect
this money now as Brazos retains the option to redeem
the certificate when it becomes financially feasible
for them to do so. This makes a total of $1,219,664.31
that we now hold of Brazos' certificates that will be
paid sometime in the future.
QUESTION 3C: Page 90 of written rate application-explanation of
credit rating provisions and is this a new provision
and has it been approved by Public Utility Commission.
ANSWER:This is not a new provision. It was filed with the
Utility Commission in 1976 and was accepted but not
approved as a part of our tariff package filing.
Southlake Hearing - February 21, 1978 - Page 3
We have a computer billing operation. When the account
of a member becomes delinquent we need to be able to
determine if the account is habitually delinquent or if
the account is usually paid on time. The Class "A"
rating or Class "B" rating gives us that information.
QUESTION 3D: Page 98 of written rate application- is the first
paragraph new and has it been approved by Public
Utility Commission.
ANSWER:This paragraph is not new as this has been in the
by-laws for a number of years. We have had a recent
audit by the Internal Revenue Service in which they,
for the first time, objected to this provision.
Therefore, this provision has been eliminated from
our by-laws. We have prepared a new membership
application, with this provision eliminated, which
we will present to the TPUC on Friday of this week
and ask their approval of this change.
QUESTION 3E: Page 112 of written rate application- relationship of
the total fuel component column to the fuel adjustment
charge made by Tri-County to its members.
ANSWER:To be answered by Kay Cornelius
QUESTION 3F: Pages 112 and 113 of written rate application- these
two pages show estimated fuel component numbers for
October, November and December, 1977 and January of
1978. If available, please furnish the actual numbers
for these months.
ANSWER:To be answered by Kay Cornelius
QUESTION 4A: Explanation of old rate and proposed new rate including
minimum charges.
ANSWER:To be answered by Kay Cornelius
Southlake Hearing - February 21, 1978 - Page 4
QUESTION 4B: Information concerning whether Brazos Electric charges
all 17 Co-op members on the same basis for power and
any other charges.
ANSWER:Yes
QUESTION 4C: Information concerning any known or estimated date
Public Utility Commission will rule on Tri-County's
rate application for areas now included in the PUC
case.
ANSWER:We had our rate hearing before a TPUC hearing examiner
on February 13, 1978. The TPUC staff had studied our
application and had requested additional specific
information which we had furnished. The staff testified
in this hearing that their studies indicated that we
could justify asking for a slightly higher dollar
increase than we had requested in our package. However,
they disagreed with the rate schedule we proposed. They
indicated that we should move away from the block rate
schedule, which we have always used, and move to a
cost-of-service concept for each meter with a minimum
plus a flat rate per kwh. We asked for a $4.90 minimum.
We think they are talking about a $6.50 to $8.00 minimum
plus a flat rate per kwh used. We are meeting with the
TPUC staff on Friday of this week to see if we can reach
some agreement on their desire to change our rate schedule
proposal. We have not been given a time for an answer to
our rate request with the exception of a statement that
it would be prior to May 3, 1978.
QUESTION 4D: Information from Brazos Electric concerning their
contracts for gas purchases both long and short term
and price change or price escalation clauses.
ANSWER:To be answered b Kay Cornelius
RESOLUTION NO. 78-9
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of
Southlake, Texas did appoint a Zoning Board
of Adjustment by Resolution 77-24 on June 7,
1977, AND;
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 161 calls for five per-
sons to serve on such Board, AND;
WHEREAS, R.D. DRUMMOND no longer resides in
Southlake, NOW:
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, THAT:
R. G. LYFORD IS is hereby appointed to replace R.D.Drummond
on said Board and to serve the remainder of his term until
May 1, 1979.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 7th day of March, 1978. A.D.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Zty Secretary
Southlake Hearing - February 21, 1978 - Page 5
QUESTION 4E: Information, firm or estimated, on the rate of return
Tri-County had in 1977 on its investment computed on
the same formula used in the application on Exhibit A,
page 8.
ANSWER:To be answered by Kay Cornelius
QUESTION 4F: Explanation of the components going into calculating
the fuel adjustment factor and the percentages of
the components to the whole.
ANSWER:To be answered by Kay Cornelius
BILLS TO BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 7,1978
CITY INVOICE AT~ZOUNT
Regional Office Supply 2/28/78 56.41
Pitney Bowes 2/24/78 8.10
Hartgraphics 2/24/78 21.73
John Pelser (Printing)2/28/78 32.90
Tarrant County Purchasing 3/1/78 102.47
Fort Worth Star Telegram 2/17/78 7.74
Dallas Morning News 1/20/78 109.20
M.M. Administrators,Inc 3/1/78 622.18
Thompson Printing 2/23/78,2/21/78 37.40
Texas Power & Light 1/30/78-2/27/78 116.07
Lone Star Gas 3/10/78 261.28
Tri - County 3/15/78 103.30
Total 1,55 .78
POLICE DEPT.INVOICE/DATE AMOUNT
Texaco Inc Clark Dearing 2/28/78 9.00
Gilbert & Associates,2/28/78 Polygraph)50.00
Hurst Euless Printing 3/2/78 308.61
West Publishing Company 2/14/78 55.00
Incoterm Corp 42958 209.00
Grapevine Memorial Hosp 1/28/78 20.00
General Telephone 3/1/78 65.00
D.btor Supply 2/26/78 30.34
Bell Communications 2/28/78 124.50
Total 71.45
FIRE DEPT INVOICE/DATE UUUNT
Stuart Hose Co.2/28/78 14.62
Whites Auto Store 3/1/78 11.56
Motor Parts Center 41251 9.05
Stewart Oxygen Serv.07911 24.00
Western Auto Store(Harry Bradley) 2/28/78 14.97
Arnold Welding Service 3/1/78 72.25
Tarrant County Fire Fighters
Association 2/13/78 144.00
N.B.C.2/25/78 11.17
Motor Supply 2/26/78 61.56
Bell Communications 2/3/78 108.90
Lone Star Gas 2/23/78 139.37
Texas Power & Light 1/30/78-2/27/78 41.87
Total 53.32
WATER DEPT INVOICE/DATE AMOUNT
Johnson Laboratories 29546/29559/29464 654.00
Aqua Utility,Inc 6949 101.74
Texas Power & Light 1/30/78-2/27/78 767.50
N.B.C.2/25/78 3.39
Bell Communications 2/28/78 28.00
Total 1,554. 3
Bills Continued.
BUILDING DEPT.Invoice Date mount
Thompson Printing Service 2/24/78 23.50
National Fire Protection
Electric Code Manual)2/22/78 6.88
Total 30.3
Lone Star Gas Tennis Crt)1/30/78-2/27/78 20.20
N.B. C.City 2/25/78 46.34
Total 86.34
GRAND TOTAL 4,754.90
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