HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 62-80RESOLUTION NO. 62-80
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION TO REQUIRE PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC
COMPANY TO REFUND LIFELINE ENTITLEMENTS AND
TO INCREASE THE RESIDENTIAL AIR CONDITIONING
LIFELINE ALLOWANCE AT TIER I LEVEL.
WHEREAS, the recent P.G. and E. bills received by a
vast majority of residential users of electricity in the Bakersfield
area have drastically increased to a degree, where, in some instances,
the electric bill exceeds the monthly mortgage payment on the
residence; and
WHEREAS, Tier I Lifeline Allowances were adopted to
provide residential users of electrical service with affordable
electricity for essential uses; and
WHEREAS, the current Tier I Lifeline Allowance for summer
air conditioning in the Bakersfield area is inadequate to provide
affordable residential electricity for users of air conditioners;
and
WHEREAS, the Tier I Lifeline Allowance for summer air
conditioning use in the Bakersfield area is only approximately
fifty percent of the Tier I Lifeline Allowance for winter heating
in the San Francisco area; and
WHEREAS, the residents of the Bakersfield area are not
receiving similar advantages on their P.G.and E. bill from the
Tier I Lifeline Allowance as residents of other communities; and
WHEREAS, a significant number of eligible residential
users of electricity in the Bakersfield area did not or have not
received the current Lifeline Allowance from the time of its
effectiveness; and
WHEREAS, those residential users eligible to receive
the Lifeline Allowance desire to receive the benefits of such
allowance retroactive to May 1, 1979.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD THAT:
1. The Public Utilities Commission is requested to
require P.G.and E. to refund retroactive to May 1, 1979, over-
payments based upon application of the Lifeline Allowance to all
residential users who, except for notification, otherwise
qualified for such rates.
2. The Public Utilities Commission investigate and
modify the summer air conditioning Lifeline Allowance for the
Bakersfield area by increasing the Tier I air conditioning Life-
line Allowance so that Bakersfield's residential users of
electricity may receive affordable service for essential uses.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 8th day of October, 1980, by
the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN BARTON, CHRiSTENSEN, MEANS, MILLER, PAYNE, RAT'J'Y, STRONG
i',~S: COUNCILMEN~
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