HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 5113 RESOLUTION NO. 5113
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH OPPOSING APPLICATION OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY FOR RATE INCREASE
WHEREAS, Southern California Gas Company and Pacific Lighting
Gas Supply Company have filed Application No. 82-03-16 to increase
rates by $1 ,294,513 ,000 per year; and
The reasons given for such rate increase are that $848
million is needed to offset the cost of gas purchased from appli-
cants ' interstate and California suppliers, and the remainder is
required to recover undercollections in a balancing account; and
Such general rate increase , if granted , will adversely af-
fect all segments of service users with the greatest increase of
48. 3 percent falling on residential customers , and 31 percent on
commercial customers, and both such classes include the city' s
meters ; and
It is anticipated that such rates , if adopted, would require
a large increase in the general fund and water fund; and
Cities are severely restricted in methods which can be used
to generate revenue needed to meet the rising cost of utilities ,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach that it strongly protests the rate in-
crease requested by Southern California Gas Company and Pacific
Lighting Gas Supply Company on the grounds that any impact on the
municipal budget must also , to some degree, be felt by the com-
munity at large, and further , that it will create undue hardship
on large segments of the community who are either currently unem-
ployed or retired on fixed incomes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Division of the
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League of California Cities, the Board of Supervisors of Orange
County, and all Orange County cities are asked to join this
Council in actively opposing the application for rate increase
requested by Southern California Gas Company and Pacific Lighting
Gas Supply Company .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th_
day of! AF11n_iL 1982.
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk _ Ci CyAtto e�
INITIATED AND APPROVED :
� City Adminis rator _
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Res. No. 5113
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day
of Apri1 19 82 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Pattinson, Thomas, MacAllister, Mandic, Finley, Bailey, Kelly
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California