5823 RESOLUTION NO 5,523
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ARKANSAS POWER AND
LIGHT COMPANY' S PETITION BEFORE THE INTERSTATE
COMMERCE COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH JUST AND REASON-
ABLE RAILROAD FREIGHT RATES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the Arkansas Power & Light Company has made plans to purchase
coal from a mine in Wyoming to be transported by railroad to its White
Bluff Generating Station near Redfield, Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, the freight rates as proposed by the railroads to be charged
for transporting this fuel appear unreasonably high and would necessarily
increase the cost of electric energy to the Arkansas consumers; and
WHEREAS , the Arkansas Power and Light Company has filed its complaint
with the Interstate Commerce Commission requesting the Commission to estab-
lish just and reasonable freight rates for the scheduled coal shipments .
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS .
SECTION 1. The City of Little Rock, Arkansas hereby endorses and
supports the request of Arkansas Power and Light Company to have the
Interstate Commerce Commission of the federal government establish just
and reasonable rates to be charged by the railroads to be utilized in
transporting coal from the state of Wyoming to the Arkansas Power and
Light Company ' s White Bluff Generating station now under construction
near Redfield, Arkansas .
SECTION 2 . This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption.
ADOPTED: October 4, 1977
ATTESTC APPROVED•
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