CC Resolution No. 2987 RESOLUTION NO. 2987
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS
("CITY") RESPONDING TO THE APPLICATION OF CENTERPOINT ENERGY
RESOURCES CORP., D:`BiA CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX AND
CENTERPOINT ENERGY TEXAS GAS - TEXAS COAST DIVISION
(CENTERPOINT), TO INCREASE RATES UNDER THE GAS RELIABILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM; SUSPENDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
RATE APPLICATION FOR FORTY-FIVE DAYS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S
PARTICIPATION IN A COALITION OF CITIES KNOWN AS THE "TEXAS COAST
UTILITIES COALITION OF CITIES"(TCUC); REQUIRING THE REIMBURSEMENT
OF COSTS; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THE RESOLUTION
WAS ADOPTED COMPLIED WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT; MAKING
SUCH OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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WHEREAS, on or about February 18, 2025, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., d/b a
CenterPoint Energy Entex and CenterPoint Energy Texas Gas - Texas Coast Division (CenterPoint or
Company) filed for an increase in gas utility rates under the Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program
("GRIP"), resulting in a requested increase in the monthly customer charges as shown in the table below:
Rate Current Proposed Adjusted Increase Per
Customer 2025 Interim Charge Bill
_T Charge Rate
Adjustment
R-2099-I-GRIP 2025; $19.50 $2.88 $22.38 $2.88
R-2099-U-GRIP 2025 per customer per customer per customer per customer
Residential per month per month per month per month
GSS-2099-I-GRIP 2025; $30.00 $5.14 $35.14 $5.14
GSS-2099-U-GRIP 2025 per customer per customer per customer per customer
General Service per month per month per month per month
Small
GSLV-630-I-GRIP 2025; $390.00 $61.20 $451.20 $61.20
GSLV-630-U-GRIP 2025 per customer per customer per customer per customer
General Service per month per month per month per month
Large Volume
and
WHEREAS. the City has a special responsibility to exercise due diligence with regard to rate
increases of monopoly utilities who operate within its boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the application to increase rates by CenterPoint is complex; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to suspend the effective date for the increase in rates for forty-five days,
so that the City can assure itself that the data and calculations in CenterPoint's rate application are correctly
done,and whether CenterPoint's application otherwise conforms to the requirements of Texas Utilities Code
§ 104.301, commonly referred to as the GRIP statute; and
WHEREAS, the effective date proposed by CenterPoint is April 19,2025, but a suspension by the
City will mean that the rate increase cannot go into effect prior to June 3, 2025; NOW THEREFORE,
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby
in all things approved and adopted.
Section 2: That the City suspends the requested effective date by CenterPoint for forty-five days
pursuant to the authority granted the City under Section 104.301 of the Texas Utilities Code.The City finds
that additional time is needed in order to review the data and calculations that provide the basis for the rate
increase application, and to determine whether CenterPoint's application otherwise conforms to the
requirements of the GRIP statute.
Section 3: That the City shall continue to act jointly with other cities that are part of a coalition
of cities known as the Texas Coast Utilities Coalition of Cities(TCUC).
Section 4: That the City authorizes the law firm of Herrera Law&Associates, PLLC, to act on
its behalf in connection with CenterPoint's application to increase rates.
Section 5: That CenterPoint is ordered to reimburse the City's reasonable rate case expenses
incurred in response to CenterPoint's rate increase application within 30 days of receipt of invoices for such
expenses to the extent allowed by law.
Section 6: That the meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted
in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act,Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
Section 7: This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City
Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the Cit Council of the City of
Baytown this the 13"'day of March, 2025.
CHARLES JOH , ON, Mayor
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