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ROBERT A. AL~OP <br />BRUCE M. BATTERSON <br />RONALD H. BATTY <br />STEPHFff4 j. BUBUL <br />JoK~ B~ DrtAN <br />DANIEL J. GRE~Nff~EIG <br />DAVID J. K~EDY <br />CHARL~ L. ~VERE <br />JOHN M. LE~ <br />ROBERT J. LINDALL <br />ROBERT C. ~NG <br />JA~ M. STROM~N <br />CORRINE H. THOMSON <br /> <br />KENNEDY & GRAVEN <br /> CHARTERED <br /> <br />470 Pillsbury Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 <br /> (612) 337-93~0 <br /> <br />Facsimile (612) 337-9310 <br /> <br />WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL <br /> (612) 337-9233 <br /> <br />JAME~ J. TI4OMSON <br />LARRY M. WERTHEIM <br />BONNIE L WmKa~S <br />JOE Y, YANG <br /> <br />DA~,qD L. GKAYKN (1919-1991) <br /> <br /> OF COUNSEL <br />ROBERT C. CARLSON <br />ROBERT L, DAVIDSON <br />WELLINGTON H. LAW <br />FLOYD B. ObSON <br />CURTIs A. PEARSON <br />T. JAY SALMEN <br /> <br />SUBURBAN PATE AUTHORITY <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br /> This summary is intended to describe the history, purposes and <br />accomplishments of the Suburban Rate Authority ("SRA") . <br /> <br /> The SRA is a joint powers organization consisting of 33 <br />suburban cities (list of cities attached) that actively intervenes <br />in matters affecting gas, electric, and telephone rates charged to <br />suburban residents and businesses. The material below attempts to <br />demonstrate the tangible savings achieved by the SRA. Though actual <br />dollar savings are often difficult to calculate, the SRA has saved <br />residents and businesses of Twin City suburban communities millions <br />of dollars over the last 20 years. A conservative calculation <br />reflects a $200,000 per SRA member vote savings since 1975. <br /> <br />HISTORY A/qD PURPOSES <br /> <br /> The SRA was organized in 1963, for the purpose of providing <br />collective strength in negotiating franchises with the Minneapolis <br />Gas Company, which served the original SRA members. In 1974, the <br />legislature adopted the Public Utilities Act to provide for state <br />regulation of gas and electrib utilities, except for cooperative <br />electric associations and municipal utilities. SRA assisted the <br />state in setting up regulation and intervened in the early gas and <br />electric cases with the hope of providing leadership and direction <br />in utility regulation. Since that time, it has been active in <br />matters concerning gas, electric and telephone rate regulation and <br />in legislation concerning the Public Utilities Commission ("PUC"). <br /> <br />JMS105177 <br />s0160-3 <br /> <br />! <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />