HomeMy WebLinkAboutR2025-041 20250414RESOLUTION NO. R2025-41
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, regarding the
application of CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Texas Division, to increase
rates under the Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program; suspending the effective
date of this rate application for forty-five days; authorizing the City to continue to
participate in a coalition of cities now known as the “Alliance Of CenterPoint
Municipalities-TCUC;” 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 February 18, 2025 CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Texas
Division (“CenterPoint”) filed for an increase in gas utility rates under the Gas Reliability
Infrastructure Program (“GRIP”), and proposed increases in the monthly customer charges for
all retail customer classes as shown below:
Houston and Texas Coast Geographic Rate Areas
Rate
Schedule
Current
Customer
Charge
Proposed
2025
Interim
Rate
Adjustment
Adjusted
Charge
Increase
Per Bill
Percent
Increase
in
Customer
Charge
R-2099-I-GRIP
2025;
R-2099-U-GRIP
2025
Residential
$19.50
per customer
per month
$2.88
per
customer
per month
$22.38
per
customer
per month
$2.88
per
customer
per month
14.77%
GSS-2099-I-GRIP
2025;
GSS-2099-U-GRIP
2025
General Service
Small
$30.00
per customer
per month
$5.14
per
customer
per month
$35.14
per
customer
per month
$5.14
per
customer
per month
17.13%
GSLV-630-I-GRIP
2025;
GSLV-630-U-GRIP
2025
General Service
Large Volume
$390.00
per customer
per month
$61.20
per
customer
per month
$451.20
per
customer
per month
$61.20
per
customer
per month
15.69%
and
WHEREAS, the City has a special 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
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to suspend the effective date for the 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 correctly done; and
WHEREAS, the effective date proposed by CenterPoint is April 19, 2025, but a
suspension by the City will mean that the rate increase cannot go into effect prior to June 3,
2025; 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 to allow the City to review the data and calculations that provide the basis for
CenterPoint’s proposed increase in rates.
Section 3. The City shall continue to act jointly with other cities that are part of a
coalition of cities now known as the Alliance of CenterPoint Municipalities (“ACM”) – Texas
Coast Utilities Coalition.
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 to the extent allowed by law.
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 14th day of April, A.D., 2025.
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J.KEVIN COLE
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
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FRANCES AGUILAR, TRMC, MMC
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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