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Guide No. 28:

Dallas Power and Light Company, 1888, 1912 -1923, 1943

Overview of the Collection

Repository:

Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201

Creator: Dallas Power and Light Company and City of Dallas
Title: Dallas Power and Light Company
Dates: 1888, 1912 -1923, 1943
Quantity: 10 linear inches
Abstract: Rate and regulation history of the Dallas Power & Light Company
Identification: 91 - 043
Language: Records are in English

Scope and Contents

Collection documents the early history of Dallas Power and Light Company and its interaction with the City of Dallas. Materials include Dallas Power & Light rate schedules, City ordinances granting a franchise to the company, records of actions taken by the Dallas Board of Commissioners and correspondence regarding rate changes and regulation.

The Texas Power & Light Company (TP&L) consolidated 13 electric companies under one company in 1912, and in 1917 formed Texas Power & Light to power the Dallas area. In 1984 Dallas Power and Light merged with two companies, TESCO and Texas Power & Light, to form Texas Utilities Electric Company, later known as TXU.

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Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Electric utilities -- Texas -- Dallas - History
Dallas Power and Light Company - History

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Box: Folder
Title, Date
1 1 Letter of acceptance of an ordinance pertaining to telephone, telegraph and electric light companies by the Electric Light Power and Manufacturing Company, 1888
2 Memorandum of an Agreement between the City of Dallas and the Dallas Electric Light and Power Company for public lighting, 1912-1914
3 Ordinance granting a franchise from the City of Dallas to Dallas Power & Light Company, unsigned draft
4 Dallas Power & Light, Schedule of Rates No. 2 - Rules and Regulations - Standard Form of Agreements for Electric Service, 1919
5 Dallas Power & Light, requisitions for improvement, 1913-1919
6 Revised contracts and rate information, 1918
7 Dallas Power & Light, requisitions for improvement, 1919
8 Purchase of property by Dallas Power & Light from Dallas Ice Factory, Rate Schedule No. 2 and other action by the Board of Commissioners concerning Dallas Power & Light, 1918-1919
9 Dallas Board of Commissioners hearing on charges of rate discrimination against the Dallas Ice Factory & Dallas Electric Light and Power Company, 1916
10 Proposed Schedule of Rates - Rules and Regulations - Standard Form of Agreements for Electric Services, c. 1921
11 Action taken by the Board of Commissioners concerning the governing of Dallas Power & Light Company, 1921
12 Rate change with draft resolution, 1920
13 Rates resolution, 1921
14 Correspondence concerning rates, 1920
15 Resolution on rate schedules, 1921
16 Application for rate increase, 1920
17 Rate changes, 1921
2 1 Letter and estimate of earnings concerning rates, 1920
2 Schedule of Rates No. 5 - Rules and Regulations for Electric Service, 1922
3 Comparative rate curves for Proposed Schedule of Rates No. 3, 1920
4 Motion for rehearing by Dallas Power & Light Company upon Rates Schedule No. 3 and charges to the Dallas Railway Company, 1921
5 Rate regulation, 1922
6 Schedule of rates, 1922
7 Increase capacity comparison, 1921- 1923
8 Resolution adopting Rate Schedule No. 4 with additional documentation, 1921
9 Revised and corrected Proposed Schedule of Rates No. 3, 1920
10 Schedule of Rates No. 2 - Rules and Regulations - Standard Form of Agreements for Electric Service, 1919
11 Letter signed by Charles Davis, President Dallas Power & Light Company to the Mayor and Board of Commissioners concerning Franchise Section 23, 1920
12 Letter signed by Charles Davis, President Dallas Power & Light Company to the Mayor and Board of Commissioners concerning rate changes, includes Proposed Schedule Rate No. 3, 1920
13 Schedule of Rates, 1920
14 Franchise ordinance, draft, 1943
15 Franchise from the City of Dallas to Dallas Power and Light, 1943 (hard bound)
16 Franchise from the City of Dallas to Dallas Power and Light, 1943 (soft bound)

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