HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 817 - Expressing Opposition to Rate Increase Proposed by NSP - 02/12/1974 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO . 817
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE' S
OPPOSITION TO NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY
INCREASE OF 150/c IN THE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY
WHEREAS , Citizens of the State of Minnesota and City of Eden Prairie
are paying increasingly higher prices for fuel oil and gasoline because of
the energy crisis and inflation, and
i WHEREAS , the State of Minnesota Legislature is currently considering
the establishment of state regulatory controls over utilities including
Northern States Power Company, and
WHEREAS , efforts of metropolitan communities to establish a Metropolitan
Rate Authority to regulate Northern States Power Company have not been
completed ,
IT IS THEREFORE, inappropriate and contrary to the interests of the
Citizens of Eden Prairie that the Northern States Power Company should
increase the price of electricity in Eden Prairie by an average of. 15 per cent
beginning March 19 , 1974 .
ADOPTED by the City Council on February 12 , 1974 .
David W . Osterholt, Mayor
ATTEST: SEAL
Join D. Frane- Clerk
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