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Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee Records, 1980-1988

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee (Seattle, Wash.)
Title
Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee Records
Dates
1980-1988 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.4 cubic foot, (1 box)
Collection Number
9569-01
Summary
Records from a committee formed to provide comments and recommendations to Seattle City Light regarding electric rate increases.
Repository
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions

Records are open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Historical Note

An independent Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee was established in July 1978 by Resolution 25852. The Committee, comprised of individuals with a particular interest and knowledge of electrical rates, was responsible for providing review, comment, and recommendations to the Superintendent of City Light regarding the work of the department's Rate Preparation Team and consultants hired to assist in the rate review and increase process. The Committee also was responsible for issuing comments and recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on all final products produced by City Light related to rate review. The Committee was staffed by City Light.

The Committee was not a standing or ongoing entity. It was established to serve only through the rate review cycle. Meetings usually occurred over the course of one year. City Light conducted rate reviews every two years during the 1980s. A new committee was formed during the year preceding the anticipated year of rate change and was established by passage a new City Council Resolution. The size and membership requirements of the committee changed with each new iteration.

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Content Description

The records in this series are for the Committee formed in 1983 to consider the rate review and increase in 1984, as well as for the Committee looking at issues related to the 1987-1988 rate review. Records include Committee minutes, copies of Resolutions related to rate review procedures, a membership roster, the charter for the Committee, the work program schedule, reference materials gathered by the Committee, and recommendations of the Committee to the City Council, Mayor, and Superintendent of City Light.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee Records, Record Series 9569-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Citizens’ advisory committees--Rates--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Electric utilities--Rates--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Electric power--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

  • Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Seattle City Light

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)

Finding aid prepared by Scott Cline
2010

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