HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-1975-088 1 RESOLUTION NO . 88
A RESOLUTION DIRECTED TO THE FLORIDA
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION REQUESTING
I THAT THEY RECONSIDER THE RECENT ELECTRIC
POWER RATE INCREASE GRANTED BY THE PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION.
WHEREAS, the Public Service Commission has recently
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initiated an electric power rate schedule which among other things
provides for higher rates during the warmest months of the year :
and,
WHEREAS, the use of air conditioning in Southern Flor-
ida and Coastal regions is necessary to maintain minimum comfort,
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and control interior humidity levels and destructive mold; and ,
WHEREAS, the putative justification for such rate
schedule is to minimize capital requirements for utilities in
meeting peak load demands ; and,
• WHEREAS, the real cause for additional generating wry
capacity and ensuing capital demands is the ever increasing de-
mands being placed upon the power systems by new facilities being .
connected to the distribution lines ; and,
WHEREAS, the net effort of the summer penalty rate is
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to impose such penalty upon the year-round residents and elector-
ate which the Public Service Commission is obligated to protect;
and,
WHEREAS, such penalty rate discriminates against pres-
ent users and citizens in order to provide additional capacity
for future users many of whom will be transitory and for non-resi-
dents not qualified to vote.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the City Commission of the City of
Dania, Florida requests that in the interest of equity the Public ;
Service Commission immediately reconsider such penalty rates.
f new penalty rates,
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�{ That in lieu of the
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given allocating consideration be g to alloca and commercial
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jl sionary capital requirements to new housing stem and that
j'� ities being connected to the power distribution system
time of connection.
11 such cost be assessed at the copies of this resolution be dis-
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tributed to :
jpublic Service Commission;
Governor of Florida;
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Speaker of the House;
president of the Senate;
roward County Legislative Representatives ;
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Broward County Commissioners ;
' Florida League of Cities;
City Councils in Broward County;
(, Florida Power and Light Company;
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become effect"
lution shall 1
That this reso
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upon its passages 1975>
yVe immediately P r�J/ day of 1 f e
PASSED and ADOPTED this
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Mayor-Commissioner
Attest :
City erk-Auditor
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