SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118329

• Record No: CB 118329
• Version: 2
• Council Bill No: CB 118329
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 3/16/2015
• Ordinance No: Ord 124733
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to water services of Seattle Public Utilities; revising certain water rates and charges for service to wholesale customers, and amending Seattle Municipal Code Subsection 21.04.440.E in connection therewith.
• Sponsors: Sally Bagshaw
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Ex A: 2015-2018 Northwest Wheeling Rate Study, 3. Wholesale Wheeling Presentation, 4. Signed Ord 124733

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/19/2015	2	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
3/19/2015	2	Mayor	Signed
3/19/2015	2	Mayor	returned
3/18/2015	2	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
3/16/2015	2	City Council	passed	Pass
3/10/2015	2	Seattle Public Utilities and Neighborhoods Committee	pass	Pass
2/17/2015	2	City Council	referred
2/5/2015	2	Council President's Office	sent for review
2/3/2015	2	City Clerk	sent for review
2/3/2015	2	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to water services of Seattle Public Utilities; revising certain water rates and charges for service to wholesale customers, and amending Seattle Municipal Code Subsection 21.04.440.E in connection therewith.
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WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities provides wholesale water service to many water utilities surrounding Seattle (Wholesale Customers) under the provisions of various long-term water supply contracts and wheeling agreements (Wheeling Agreements) for certain Wholesale Customers who comprise the Northwest Subregion; and

WHEREAS, the provisions of the Wheeling Agreements require certain wholesale customers to pay a surcharge (Northwest Wheeling Rate Surcharge) for water wheeled through a portion of Seattle Public Utilities' retail service area; and

WHEREAS, the Wheeling Agreements require that the Northwest Wheeling Rate Surcharge be updated every five years based on changes in costs as described in the Wheeling Agreements; and

WHEREAS, the Northwest Wheeling Rate Surcharge authorized by Ordinance 122841 became effective January 1, 2009; and

WHEREAS, changes in costs indicate the Northwest Wheeling Rate Surcharge should be updated as calculated beginning in 2015; NOW, THEREFORE,


BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection 21.04.440.E of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 124599, is amended as follows:

21.04.440 - Rates outside the City of Seattle
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E. Wholesale Customers-Commodity and Base Charges.
1. Reserved
2. Full or Partial Requirements Contracts. The rate to be charged to wholesale customers being served under the provisions of contracts substantially in the form of the Full and Partial Requirements Contracts for the Supply of Water that were authorized by Ordinance 120362 or 123559 ("Full or Partial Requirements Contract") shall consist of a c...