CC Resolution No. 3009 RESOLUTION NO. 3009
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS
("CITY") AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON
ELECTRIC, LLC'S APPLICATION FILE❑ ON JANUARY 31, 2025,
REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED TRANSMISSION AND
DISTRIBUTION RESILIENCY PLAN; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND
PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, on about January 31, 2025, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC ("CEHE")
filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas ("PUCT") requesting approval of a
proposed Transmission and Distribution Resiliency Plan (Resiliency Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the City, through its participation in the Texas Coast Utilities Coalition of Cities
("TCUC"), intervened in the proceedings before the PUCT; and
WHEREAS,after evaluation of CEHE's application,the parties in the PUCT proceeding reached a
proposed settlement of CEHE's request; and
WHEREAS, the proposed settlement lowers CEHE's proposed Resiliency Plan cost from
approximately FIVE-BILLION, SEVEN-HUNDRED, FIFTY-MILLION DOLLARS ($5,750,000,000.00)
to between approximately TWO-BILLION, NINE-HUNDRED, %IILLION DOLLARS
($2,900,000,000.00) and THREE-BILLION, FIVE-HUNDRED, MILLION DOLLARS
($3,500,000,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the City's Special Counsel in the proceedings before the PUCT recommends that the
City accept the settlement; and
WHEREAS, to avoid the uncertainty, time and expense of further litigation of this proceeding a
settlement is in the better interest of the City and its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the City, in matters regarding applications by CEHE to change rates, has in the past
joined with other local regulatory authorities in the TCUC and hereby continues its participation in TCUC
and in related proceedings before the PUCT; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble are in all things approved and incorporated
herein as if fully set forth.
Section 2. The City authorizes a settlement of CEHE's pending application before PUCT for
approval of a settlement that lowers CEHE's proposed Resiliency Plan costs from approximately FIVE-
BILLION, SEVEN-HUNDRED, FIFTY-MILLION DOLLARS ($5,750,000,000.00) to between
approximately TWO-BILLION, NINE-HUNDRED, MILLION DOLLARS ($2,900,000,000.00) and
THREE-BILLION, FIVE-HUNDRED, MILLION DOLLARS ($3,500,000,000.00).
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City
Council of the City of Baytown,Texas.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 12"day of June, 2025. �4
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