HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 20-069ORDINANCE NO. 20-069
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS
("CITY") DENYING THE DISTRIBUTION COST
RECOVERY FACTOR RATE INCREASE REQUEST OF
ENTERGY TEXAS, INC. FILED ON OCTOBER 22, 2020;
SETTING JUST AND REASONABLE RATES FOR
ENTERGY TEXAS, INC. FOR SERVICE WITHIN THE
MUNICIPAL LIMITS; FINDING THAT THE MEETING
COMPLIES WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT; MAKING
OTHER FINDINGS.
WHEREAS, on or about October 22, 2020, Entergy Texas, Inc. ("Entergy")
filed an Application to Amend its Distribution Cost Recovery Factor ("DCRF") with
the City to increase electric rates by amending its DCRF rider pursuant to Public
Utility Regulatory Act ("PURA") Section 36.210; and,
WHEREAS, City has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates,
operations and services of an electric utility within its municipal limits pursuant to
PURA Section 33.001(a); and,
WHEREAS, the jurisdictional deadline for the City to act in this rate matter
is December 21, 2020; and,
WHEREAS, Entergy's existing DCRF rider is set to collect approximately
$19.5 million per year; and,
WHEREAS, Entergy's proposed amended Distribution Cost Recovery
Factor rider would increase customer rates in the Entergy Service Area by
approximately $6.8 million per year, for a total of $26.3 million per year; and,
WHEREAS, the City retained the Lawton Law Firm, P.C. to review the
Company's rate request and make necessary rate recommendations to the City;
and,
WHEREAS, the Lawton Law Firm has recommended that the City deny
the Company's request to amend its Distribution Cost Recovery Factor;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1. That the statement and findings set out in the preamble to
this ordinance are hereby in all things approved and adopted.
Section 2. The City of Beaumont hereby denies Entergy's request to
amend its Distribution Cost Recovery Factor in total.
Section 3. The meeting at which this 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 15th
day of December, 2020.
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