HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 19-038ORDINANCE NO. 19-038
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS APPROVING THE
RATES PROPOSED BY CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES
CORP., d/b/a CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX AND CENTERPOINT
ENERGY TEXAS GAS ("CENTERPOINT" OR "COMPANY'.') COMPANY'S
GAS RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM ("GRIP") FILING
MADE WITH THE CITY ON MARCH 28, 2019; FINDING THAT THE
MEETING COMPLIES WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT; MAKING
OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT,
AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on or about March 28, 2019, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.,
d/b/a CenterPoint Energy Entex and CenterPoint Energy Texas Gas ("CenterPoint" or
"Company") filed an Annual GRIP adjustment for the Beaumont/East Texas Division
Service Area with the City of Beaumont ("City") to increase gas rates in the
Beaumont/East Texas Division Service Area pursuant .to Gas Utility Regulatory Act
("GURA"), Tex. Util. Code § 104.301; and,
WHEREAS, City has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates, operations and
services of a gas utility in areas in the municipality pursuant to GURA § 103.001; and
WHEREAS, GURA § 104.301 requires a streamlined process for the recovery of
the costs of incremental investment by a gas utility; and,
WHEREAS, the Company proposed an effective date of May 27, 2019, for the
rate increase; and,
WHEREAS, the City suspended the proposed May 27, 2019 effective date until
July 10, 2019; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed interim rate adjustment would increase residential
rates by $1.56 per customer per month; and,
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WHEREAS, the City's consultant has reviewed the GRIP filing and has
concluded that the proposed GRIP rates are correctly calculated; and,
WHEREAS, the reasonableness of the Company's investment will be reviewed in
CenterPoint's subsequent base rate case where all costs included in CenterPoint's
GRIP filing will be subject to refund;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1. The statement and findings set out in the preamble to this
ordinance are hereby in all things approved and adopted.
Section 2. The Company's proposed GRIP rate increase is approved effective
July 10, 2019.
Section 3. The meeting at which the ordinance was approved was in all things
conducted in strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act,. Texas Government
Code, Chapter 551
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 18th day of
June, 2019.
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