R2022-079 2022-04-11RESOLUTION NO. R2022-79
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, ("City") regarding
the application of CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Texas Coast Division, to
increase rates under the Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program; suspending
CenterPoint’s proposed effective date for forty-five days; authorizing the City’s
continued participation in a coalition of cities known as the "Texas Coast Utilities
Coalition" of cities; determining that the meeting at which the resolution was
adopted complied with the Texas Open Meetings Act; making such other findings
and provisions related to the subject; and declaring an effective date.
WHEREAS, on or about March 3, 2021 CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Texas Coast
Division (“CenterPoint”) filed for an increase in gas utility rates under the Gas Reliability
Infrastructure Program (‘GRIP”), resulting in a requested increase in the monthly customer
charges as shown in the table below:
Rate
Schedule
Current
Customer
Charge
Proposed
2022 Interim
Rate
Adjustment
Adjusted
Charge
Increase Per
Bill
R-2096-I-GRIP 2022;
R-2096-U-GRIP 2022
Residential
$18.62
per customer
per month
$1.32
per customer
per month
$19.94
per customer
per month
$1.32
per customer
per month
GSS-2096-I-GRIP 2022;
GSS-2096-U-GRIP 2022
General Service
Small
$22.81
per customer
per month
$2.12
per customer
per month
$24.93
per customer
per month
$2.12
per customer
per month
GSLV-627-I-GRIP 2022;
GSLV-627-U-GRIP 2022
General Service
Large Volume
$295.14
per customer
per month
$70.32
per customer
per month
$365.46
per customer
per month
$70.32
per customer
per month
and
WHEREAS, The City has a responsibility to exercise due diligence with regard to
rate increases of monopoly utilities who operate within its boundaries; and
WHEREAS: The application to increase rates by CenterPoint is complex; and
WHEREAS: It is necessary to suspend CenterPoint’s proposed effective date of
May 2, 2022, for its increase in rates for forty-five days so that the City can assure itself
that the data and calculations in CenterPoint’s rate application are in accordance with
the Section 104.301 of the Gas Utility Regulatory Act; and
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WHEREAS: The effective date proposed by CenterPoint is May 2, 2021 but a
suspension by the City will mean that the rate increase cannot go into effect prior to
June 16, 2021, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this
resolution are hereby in all things approved and adopted.
Section 2. The City suspends the requested effective date by CenterPoint for
forty-five days pursuant to the authority granted the City under Section 104.301 of the
Texas Utilities Code. The City finds that additional time is needed in order to review the
data and calculations that provide the basis for the rate increase application.
Section 3. The City shall continue its participation with other cities that are part
of a coalition of cities known as the Texas Coast Utilities Coalition (“TCUC”) of cities.
Section 4. The City authorizes the law firm of Herrera Law & Associates,
PLLC, to act on its behalf in connection with CenterPoint’s application to increase rates.
Section 5. To the extent allowed by law, CenterPoint is ordered to pay the
City's reasonable rate case expenses incurred in response to CenterPoint’s rate
increase application within 30 days of receipt of invoices for such expenses.
Section 6. The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things
conducted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code,
Chapter 551.
Section 7. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the 11th day of April, A.D., 2022.
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J. KEVIN COLE
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
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LESLIE CRITTENDEN
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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