On February 22, 2005, the Town of Addison, Texas (the “Town”) adopted Ordinance No. 005-0100 which granted a non-exclusive franchise to Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, a Texas Corporation and its successors and assigns (“Oncor” or “Company”), an electric power franchise to use the present and future streets, avenues, alleys, roads, highways, sidewalks, easements, and public ways and other public property of the Town for the purposes of constructing and operating an electric distribution and transmission system and for delivering electricity to Town residents and businesses.
The current franchise authority granted by the Addison City Council was set to expire on July 31, 2019, and said franchise was extended by Ordinance No.019-26, which was adopted on June 24, 2019. This extension was requested because of possible regulatory and statutory changes that were taking place that could have impacted details of the franchise. The franchise being proposed accounts for the regulatory and statutory changes that were enacted. This franchise closely mirrors the one negotiated and enacted between the City of Plano and Oncor.
Town Charter Section 6.02 requires all Ordinances granting, renewing, amending or extending franchises for public utilities to be read at two (2) separate regular meetings of the City Council. The first required reading was held on June 23, 2020. Today's agenda item fulfills the second reading requirement. The Charter additionally requires the full text of the Ordinance to be published once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks in the official newspaper with the expense borne by Oncor. This has been accomplished. The Charter also requires that at least thirty (30) days must pass between the first reading and passage of the Ordinance. This has also occurred. Lastly, the Charter requires that the Ordinance shall not take effect until thirty (30) days after its final passage.
It is to the mutual advantage of both the Town and Oncor to enter into a new franchise establishing the conditions under which Oncor will operate its system of electric power lines, with all necessary or desirable appurtenances for delivering such electric power including underground conduits, poles, towers, wires, transmission lines, and other structures, equipment, and facilities in the Town.
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