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R-08-10-09-8C1 - 10/9/2008RESOLUTION NO. R -08-10-09-8C1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS ("CITY") DENYING THE RATE INCREASE PROPOSED BY ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC ("ONCOR"); FINDING THAT THE MEETING COMPLIED WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. WHEREAS, Oncor filed an application with the City Secretary on June 27, 2008 for an increase in rates of $275 million; and WHEREAS, the City has suspended the effective date until October 30, 2008; and WHEREAS, the City has joined with a coalition of cities known as the Alliance of TXU/Oncor Customers ("ATOC"); and WHEREAS, the application to increase rates by Oncor ("Statement of Intent") has a been filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas ("PUC"); and WHEREAS, the date for filing ATOC's testimony has been set by the PUC for November 26, 2008; and WHEREAS, the experts hired by ATOC have not finished their review of the thousands of pages of responses to discovery; and WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City to act before October 31, 2008 on Oncor's rate request; and WHEREAS, the experts hired by ATOC have preliminarily concluded that the size of the rate increase is not justified; and WHEREAS, based upon the preliminary review of the City's and ATOC's experts the requested rate increase should be denied; Now therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS THAT: O:\WDOX\RESOLOTI\R61009C1.DOC/rmc Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are in all things approved and adopted. Section 2. The City hereby denies Oncor's request to increase rates and in support thereof finds that: a) The Statement of Intent fails to provide sufficient information to justify the requested increase in rates or to justify the changes set forth in the attached tariffs; b) As a preliminary matter, the requested increases for depreciation, storm reserve, and pensions appears excessive. Section 3. The City Secretary shall notify Oncor by sending copy of this resolution to Don J. Clevenger, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, 1601 Bryan Street, Suite 22-070, Dallas, Texas 75201- 3411 and ATOC shall be notified by sending a copy to Jim Boyle, Herrera & Boyle, PLLC, Suite 1250, 816 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Resolution was adopted was posted and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during which this Resolution and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended. RESOLVED this 9th day of October, 2008. ATTEST: SARA L. WHITE, City Secretary 2 ALAN MCGRAW, Mayor City of Round Rock, Texas DATE: October 1, 2008 SUBJECT: City Council Meeting — October 9, 2008 ITEM: 8C1. Consider a resolution authorizing the denial of the Oncor Electric Delivery Company rate increase. Department: Staff Person: Justification: Administration David Kautz, Assistant City Manager/CFO On July 10, 2008 the City Council voted to suspend Oncor's rate increase request. The City is a member of the Alliance of TXU/Oncor ("ATOC"). The Alliance consists of twenty- one municipalities who have joined together to hire experts and analyze Oncor's requested increase in rates. RECOMMENDATION: There are three principal reasons given by Oncor for filing the request to increase rates, they are: (1) increase depreciation rates; (2) larger storm reserve; and (3) larger pension reserve. ATOC's experts will not be ready in October to finalize their testimony. However, they are certain that the requested increase in rates is excessive. Based upon this recommendation, ATOC recommends that the City deny Oncor's request to increase rates. Funding: Cost: N/A Source of Funds: N/A Outside Resources: N/A Background Information: On June 27, 2008 Oncor Electric Delivery Company ("Oncor") filed a request to increase its transmission and distribution rates by a total of $275 million. The original effective date of August 1, 2008 was suspended until October 30, 2008. The City must act on the rate request by that date or the requested rates go into effect by operation of law. Oncor also filed the same request to increase rates at the Public Utility Commission of Texas ("PUC"). Testimony must be filed by ATOC at the PUC on November 26, 2008. Public Comment: N/A