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CITY OF ST. PAWouncil File No. 192895 —By Milton
'Rosen—
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WHEREAS, the Council of the City of St. Paul is advised-that Northern
Natural Gas Company, the pipe line company selling and delivering gas
to Northern States Power Company for local distribution by the latter to
the citizen users in St. Paul, has filed an application with the Federal
Power Commission for an increase in rates of gas which said Northern
Natural Gas Company sells to Northern States Power Company, and
WHEREAS, such application for increase in rates of Northern Natural Gas
Company is the 8th such application for increased rates filed by said
company since 19490 and
WHEREAS, the rates incorporated in the 6th and 7th rate increase applica-
tions of Northern Natural Gas Company have been in effect since August 279
1957 and November 279 1958 respectively and as yet no hearings have been
conducted by the Federal Power Commission or scheduled to be conducted to
determine the reasonableness of these pipe line rates, and
WHEREAS, the increased charges resulting from the rates contained in the
6th and 7th rate increase applications are now reflected in the retail
distribution rates of Northern States Power Company within the City of
St. Paul and impose a burden upon the citizen users of natural gas, and
WHEREAS, the imposition of further increases under this 8th Increase applica-
tion will still further increase the burden upon the users of gas in St. Paul
when reflected in retail rates, be it
RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of St. Paul, that the Public Utilities
" Committee of the Council and the Corporation Counsel are hereby directed to
oppose in all respects the application for increased rates under the 8th
rate increase application of Northern Natural Gas Company in view of the
fact that no evidence of necessity or showing of need for such increase has
been made, and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Public Utilities Committee and the Corporation
Counsel take all steps possible to secure an early determination by the
Federal Power Commission of the reasonableness of the pipe line rates of
Northern Natural Gas Company now in effect. � U L 2 1959
COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Counci 19—
Yeas Nays
DeCourcy
13o9ftRd_ _
Mortinson
Peterson
Rosen
Winkel
Mr. President, Dillon
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JUL 2 1959
Approved 19—
Tn Favor ,
Mayor
Against
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