HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 17-038ORDINANCE NO. 17-038
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 30,
2017; 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 30, 2017, 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 Service
Area with the City of ("City") to increase gas rates in the Beaumont/East Texas Service
Area pursuant to Gas Utility Regulatory Act, TEX. UTIL. CODE ("Gas Utility Regulatory
Act") § 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 Gas Utility Regulatory
Act § 103.001; and,
WHEREAS, Gas Utility Regulatory Act § 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 29, 2017, for the
rate increase; and,
WHEREAS, the City suspended the proposed May 29, 2017 effective date until
July 13, 2017; and,
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 13, 2017.
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 11th day of
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