Record No: CB 118329    Version: 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
CITY OF SEATTLE
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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...

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