CC RESOLUTION 10691)594,x)1
RESOLUTION N0. 1069.
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OT THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO REQUESTING THE FEDERAL POWER
COMMISSION TO SUSPEND THE RATE INCREASES
REQUESTED BY THE EL PASO NATURAL GAS COM-
PANY, AND TO CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARINGS ON
SUCH INCREASES IN SOUTH= CALIFORNIA.
WHEREAS, the E1 Paso Natural Gas Company has filed an
application with the Federal Power Commission whereby said appli-
cant seeks substantial increases in the rates charged for the
natural gas sold to the Southern California Gas Company and its
affiliates, and
WHEREAS, the City of E1 Segundo is in the territory ser-
ved by the Southern California Gas Company, and
WHEREAS, the Public Utilities Commission of the State of
California is now hearing an application of said Southern Califor-
nia Gas Company for increases in rates charged by said Company for
natural gas, part of which increases have been granted by the Cali-
fornia Commission on an interim basis, and
WHEREAS, the increases in rates sought by the E1 Paso
Natural Gas Company, if granted, will have a material effect upon
the rates to be charged by said Southern California Gas Company, and
WHEREAS, said application before the Federal Power Com-
mission will be granted unless said Commission suspends the effec-
tive date thereof, and
WHEREAS, the oonsum4ka•s of said Southern California Gas
Company are entitled to full knowledge regarding said application
before the Federal Power Commission, and in fairness to said con-
sumers the Federal Power Commission should suspend such rates and
enable the gas consumers in this area to have a full hearing upon
the merits of said application before the Federal Power Commission
at a convenient place in this area, Now, Therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUND09
that request be and is hereby made to the Federal Power Commission
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that:
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1. Rates sought by the E1 Paso Natural Gas Company in
said application before the Federal Power Commission be suspended
indefinitely under the rules of said Commission; and
2. That hearings on said application be conducted by
the Federal Power Commission at such time as may suit the conven-
ience of said Commission at such location within the service area
of the Southern California Gas Company as may be convenient to the
consumers in said area and said Commission; and
3. That a copy of said application of the E1 Paso Natu-
ral Gas Company, together with all exhibits and rate schedules per-
taining thereto, be furnished to Clarence A. Winder, Public Utilities
Consultant, Room 202, City Hall, Pasadena 1, California, as soon as
conveniently possible.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be instructed
to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the Federal Power
Commission, Washington, D. C.
Adopted and approved this 29th day of March , 1950.
Mayor or the itp l egundo
STATE OF CLOS EL )
CITY OFOELSEG ELES SS.
I. VICTOR D. MCCARTHY, City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo,
do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by The
Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, at a regular meeting
thereof held on the — 29th � day of March , 1950, and that the same
was adopted by the folTowIng vote:
AYES: Baker, Peterson, Swanson, Thompson and Mayor Selby;
NOES: None;
ABSENT:
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