WaSMAR9569_01.xml Guide to the Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee Records 1980-1988 Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee Records Finding aid prepared by Scott Cline Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Seattle Municipal Archives © 2010
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Finding aid encoded by Julie Kerssen 2010 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Seattle Municipal Archives
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9569-01 Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee (Seattle, Wash.) Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee Records 1980-1988 0.4 cubic foot 1 box Records from a committee formed to provide comments and recommendations to Seattle City Light regarding electric rate increases. Collection materials are in English 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.

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.

Records are open to the public.

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

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee (Seattle, Wash.) Seattle City Light Seattle (Wash.) Electric power--Washington (State)--Seattle Electric utilities--Rates--Washington (State)--Seattle Citizens’ advisory committees--Rates--Washington (State)--Seattle Seattle Public Utilities

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

9569-01 Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee Records 1983-1988 1/1 Electric Rate Review Procedures Resolutions 1983 1/2 Citizen's Rate Review Committee Roster 1983 1/3 Citizen's Rate Review Committee Charter 1983 1/4 Electric Rate Work Program Schedule (Approximate) 1983-1984 1/5 Citizen's Rate Review Committee Recommendations 1983 1/6 Customer Classification Study Phase I: Objectives. Executive Summary and Recommendations. 1983 1/7 Treatment of Growth in Electric Rates Memoranda 1983 1/8 Citizen's Rate Review Committee Minutes (Long Form) 1980 1/9 Citizen's Rate Review Committee Minutes 1983-1984 1/10 Citizen's Rate Review Committee Synopses, Agendas, Other Material 1987-1988