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City staff lay out timeline for Excel Energy franchise renewal; council questions fee transparency
Summary
City staff told the East Grand Forks council they are finalizing two ordinances to renew Excel Energy’s franchise and a flat-fee structure, proposing a first reading Aug. 5 and an effective date of Dec. 1, 2025; council members pressed staff on lack of a customer-level fee breakout and distributional fairness.
City staff said at a July 8 East Grand Forks City Council work session that they are near completion of two ordinances to renew Excel Energy’s franchise and to set a new fee structure, and that they plan a first reading and public hearing at the Aug. 5 council meeting so the ordinance can take effect Dec. 1 when the current franchise expires.
“Mr. Golstead and myself have been working through any amendments to the ordinance language itself and have that nearly completed,” staff member Reed Hutton told the council. Hutton explained the process: the city will publish the ordinance amendments per…
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