CC Resolution No. 2,716RESOLUTION NO.2,716
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.
WHEREAS, on or about March 4, 2021, 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:
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 3, 2021, but a suspension
by the City will mean that the rate increase cannot go into effect prior to June 17, 2021; NOW
THEREFORE,
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 to allow the City time to review the data and calculations that provide the basis for
CenterPoint's proposed increase in rates.
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 Law & Associates, 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 251h day of March, 2021.
DO C PETILL , Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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