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TEXAS
TO: City Council
FROM: Kenneth Williams, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Sharae N. Reed, City Attorney
MEETING DATE: September 13, 2022
REQUESTED ACTION: Council consider an ordinance denying Entergy Texas, Inc.'s
application to implement Rate Schedule UODG filed with the City
on August 31, 2021.
BACKGROUND
Entergy Texas Inc. ("ETI") filed Entergy Texas, Inc. 's 2022 Statement of Intent to Implement
Rate Schedule UODG (Related to Backup Electric Service); PUCT Docket No. 53992 with the
Public Utilities Commission of Texas ("PUCT") and the City. The proposed Rate Schedule
UODG is a voluntary rate schedule that will apply only to customers who choose to participate in
ETI's Power Through service.
The Power Through program provides and installs gas-fired generators that range in size from
100 kW to 10 MW to commercial and industrial customer premises. The generators will serve as
back-up generators to participating customers during system outages. During normal system
operating times, ETI will be able to call on these distributed generation facilities to serve its own
system load requirements as back-up to specific customers during system outages. The monthly
fee will be site specific and only apply to customers participating in the Power Through service.
ETI has requested the City deny the request to allow this application to be reviewed along with
ETI's proposed rate increase, which is already pending before the PUCT. A denial of the request
will allow the application to proceed before the PUCT for a full review.
FUNDING SOURCE
Reasonable expenses associated with rate cases are reimbursable by the company as proved for in
the Public Utility Regulatory Act.
RECOMMENDATION
Approval of ordinance.