CC Resolution No. 2645RESOLUTION NO. 2645
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
RESPONDING TO THE APPLICATION OF CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES
CORP., TEXAS COAST DIVISION, TO INCREASE RATES UNDER THE GAS
RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM; SUSPENDING CENTERPOINT'S
PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE FOR FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN A COALITION OF CITIES
KNOWN AS THE "TEXAS COAST UTILITIES COALITION" OF CITIES; MAKING
SUCH OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, on or about March 5, 2020, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Texas
Coast Division ("CenterPoint") 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 Schedules
R-2096-I-GRIP 2020;
Current
Customer
chanle
$17.10
Proposed 2020
Interim
Adjustment
$0.67
Proposed
Customer
chal-e
$17.77
Increase to Each
o
Bill
$0.67
R-2096-U-GRIP 2020
per customer
per customer
per customer
per customer
Residential
per month
per month
per month
per month
GSS-2096-I-GRIP 2020;
GSS-2096-U-GRIP 2020
$20.50
$0.98
$21.48
$0.98
General Service
per customer
per customer
per customer
per customer
Smallper
month
per month
per month
per month
GSLV-627-1-GRIP 2020;
GSLV-627-U-GRIP 2020
$239.85
$22.99
$262.84
$22.99
General Service
per customer
per customer
per customer
per customer
Large Volume
per month
I per month
I per month
per month
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 (45) days, so that the City can assure itself that the data and calculations in
CenterPoint's rate application are correctly done; and
WHEREAS, the effective date proposed by CenterPoint is May 4, 2020, but a suspension
by the City will mean that the rate increase cannot go into effect prior to June 18, 2020.
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: The City suspends the requested effective date by CenterPoint for forty-
five (45) 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.
Section 3: 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 ("TCUC") of cities.
Section 4: The City authorizes the law firm of Herrera & Boyle, PLLC, to act on its
behalf in connection with CenterPoint's application to increase rates.
Section 5: To the extent allowed by law, CenterPoint is ordered to pay 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: 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 City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 26"' day of March, 2020.
B DON CAPETILLO, ayor
ETICIA BRYSCHJR Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
NACIO RAMIREZ, SR., i y Attorney
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