HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 21-030ORDINANCE NO. 21-030
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS APPROVING THE
RATES PROPOSED BY TEXAS GAS SERVICE COMPANY, A DIVISION
OF ONE GAS, INC. ("TGS" OR "COMPANY") PURSUANT TO ITS GAS
RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM ("GRIP") FILING MADE
WITH THE CITY ON FEBRUARY 11, 2021; 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 February 11, 2021, Texas Gas Service Company, a
Division of ONE Gas, Inc. ("TGS or "Company") filed an Annual GRIP adjustment with
the City of Beaumont ("City") to increase gas rates in the Central -Gulf Service Area
pursuant to Gas Utility RegulatoryAct ("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 April 12, 2021, for the
rate increase; and,
WHEREAS, the City suspended the proposed April 12, 2021 effective date until
May 27, 2021, and,
WHEREAS, the proposed interim rate adjustment would increase residential
rates by $2.38 per customer per month; 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 TGS's investment will be reviewed in the
Company's subsequent base rate case where all costs included in its GRIP filing will be
subject to refund;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, THAT:
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
May 27, 2021.
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 25th day of
May, 2021.
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